Egyptians Still Seeking Revolution's Missing

October 09, 2012 from CNN

Hundreds of Egyptians disappeared during the revolution in 2011, their fates still unknown. Many others say they were tortured by security forces. The new government's fact-finding commission accuses security forces of conspiring to cover up their crimes and estimates that more than a thousand people are languishing forgotten somewhere in the country's prison system. CNN's Ian Lee reports.

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