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Kareem Amer, a famed blogger among Egypt’s protesters, spent nearly a week in a prison for breaking curfew. Hours after his release, he tells Ahed Al Hendi about the brutality he witnessed there.

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Celebratory fireworks explode above crowds next to the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt on Feb. 12, 2011.

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Egyptians dance and wave national flags at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt on Feb. 12, 2011.

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Opposition supporters carry a soldier at the frontline near Tahrir Square in Cairo Feb. 12, 2011.

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Children pose for photographs in front of the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square in Cairo Feb. 12, 2011.

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Egyptians embrace while celebrating the resignation of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square Feb. 12, 2011.

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A man reads a newspaper at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Feb. 12, 2011, the day after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down.

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An Egyptian man gathers up rocks and debris at what was once the front line between pro- and anti-government forces on the edge of Tahrir Square Feb. 12, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.

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Egyptians celebrate in Tahrir Square after hearing the news of the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11, 2011.

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Opposition protesters celebrate Mubarak's resignation, from their stronghold of Tahrir Square in Cairo Feb. 11, 2011.

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Egyptian women celebrate Mubarak's resignation at night in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt Feb. 11, 2011.

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Anti-government protesters celebrate inside Tahrir Square after the announcement of Mubarak's resignation in Cairo Feb. 11, 2011.

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Anti-government protesters celebrate inside Tahrir Square after the announcement of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo Feb. 11, 2011.

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Egyptians celebrate the news of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, who handed control of the country to the military, at night in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt Friday, Feb. 11, 2011.

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In this photo taken from Egyptian television, Egypt's vice president Omar Suleiman makes the announcement that Mubarak has stepped down from office, Feb. 11, 2011, in Cairo, Egypt.

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Egyptian anti-government protesters stand opposite soldiers guarding the presidential palace in Cairo on Feb. 11, 2011. President Hosni Mubarak flew out of Cairo to his Red Sea retreat as more than a million furious Egyptians marched in cities around the country to demand he step down.

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Egyptian anti-government protesters march in the coastal city of Alexandria on Feb. 11, 2011.

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Anti-government protesters shout slogans as they march in the coastal city of Alexandria on Feb. 11, 2011.

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Anti-government protesters demonstrate on top of an Egyptian Army tank outside of the Egyptian state television headquarters Feb. 11, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.

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Anti-government protesters show the bottoms of their shoes in a traditional Islamic insult in front of the national television headquarters on Feb. 11, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.

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Anti-government protesters eat bread in Tahrir Square in Cairo Feb. 5, 2011.

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Anti-government protesters sweep up in Tahrir Square on Feb. 5, 2011.

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Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters dance and sing in front of anti-Mubarak banners in Tahrir Square in Cairo Feb. 5, 2011.

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An anti-government protester prays in Tahrir Square on Feb. 5, 2011.

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Egyptian anti-government demonstrators sleep at Cairo's Tahrir Square on Feb. 4, 2011.

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Anti-government protesters hold posters while heading to Tahrir Square in Cairo on Feb. 4, 2011.

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Soldiers search anti-government protesters heading to Tahrir Square in Cairo on Feb. 4, 2011.

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Egyptian protesters shout anti-Mubarak slogans as they flash a poster showing Mubarak framed on the Star of David during a protest in Tahrir square in Cairo on Feb.4, 2011.

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Anti-government protesters throw stones during clashes in Cairo on Feb. 3, 2011.

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Anti-government protesters stand in Tahrir Square with a rack full of stones on Feb. 4, 2011 in Cairo.

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Residents cheer as mass demonstrators against Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak march past their building in Alexandria Feb. 3, 2011.

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Foreigners crowd the entrance to Cairo's International Airport on Feb. 3, 2011.

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Egypt's recently appointed Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, center, speaks to the media at the Ministry of the Interior in Cairo on on Feb. 3, 2011.

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Egyptian anti government protesters throw stones during clashes in downtown Cairo, Egypt on Feb. 3, 2011.

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Anti-government demonstrators grab a man, center, they suspect to be a supporter of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's Tahrir Square, Egypt on Feb. 3, 2011.

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A group of Egyptian soldiers pass between anti-government supporters (R) and their opponents (unseen) just outside Cairo's main square, Egypt on Feb. 3, 2011.

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Supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak throw fire bombs at each other in Cairo in the early hours of Feb. 3, 2011.

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A pro-Mubarak supporter is held by anti-Mubarak demonstrators during clashes in Tahrir Square in Cairo.

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A wounded man is torn away from front lines during a clash between pro- and anti-Mubarek protesters on Feb. 2, 2011.

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Anti-government demonstrators, top, and pro-government demonstrators, bottom, clash in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Feb. 2, 2011.

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An Egyptian policeman cries as he receives a warm welcome by pro-Mubarak supporters in Cairo on Feb. 1, 2011, three days after the police disappeared from the streets, following Friday's demonstrations.

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"Leave" is written in Arabic on the hand of an Egyptian demonstrator as thousands gather in Cairo's Tahrir Square heeding a call by the opposition for a "march of a million" to mark a week of protests calling for the ouster of Hosni Mubarak's long-term regime, on Feb. 1, 2011.

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Protesters gather in Tahrir Square in Cairo, calling for President Hosni Mubarak to stand down on Feb. 1, 2011.

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Thousands of people take part in a protest at Tahrir Square in central Cairo, Egypt on Jan. 31, 2011.

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An Egyptian mother and her sons hold up signs calling for the end of the current regime as they and others gather in Tahrir Square, in central Cairo, on Jan. 31, 2011.

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Egyptian demonstrators demanding the ouster of Mubarak carry the body of a dead comrade wrapped in the Egyptian flag past Egyptian army tanks during his funeral in Cairo on Jan. 29, 2011.

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Egyptians carry the body of a protester covered by Egypt's flag who was killed during the clashes with anti-riot police in Cairo on Jan. 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters returned to Cairo's central Tahrir Square, chanting slogans against Mubarak.

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An Egyptian boy stands in front of a burned and looted police station, in the Darb al Ahmar neighborhood of Cairo on Jan. 29, 2011.

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Anti-government protesters begin to camp out in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo on Jan. 29, 2011.

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A man is tended to after he was injured during clashes with riot police in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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Egyptian demonstrators burn a riot police car during a protest in the northern city of Suez on Jan. 28, 2011.

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Onlookers visit the looted and burned out headquarters of the National Democratic Party, the governing party of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo on Jan. 29, 2011.

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Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt on Jan. 28, 2011.

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An Egyptian anti-government activist kisses a riot police officer following clashes in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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An Egyptian protester flashes Egypt's flag as anti-riot policemen use water cannon against protesters in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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An Egyptian protester throws stones toward a line of riot police in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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Egyptian protesters pray at the middle of a bridge in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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A youth waves an Egyptian flag as people watch from a balcony during a demonstration by anti-government activists in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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Egyptian anti-government activists clash with riot police in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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Egyptian police use water cannon on the crowds demonstrating in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011

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An Egyptian woman escapes from a clash between policemen and protesters in Cairo on Jan 28, 2011

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An injured protester is carried away after being shot in Sheikh Zuweid, northeast of Cairo, on Jan. 27, 2011

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Demonstrators shout anti-government slogans during a protest in Suez on Jan. 27, 2011.

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Egyptian demonstrators throw objects toward riot police in Cairo on Jan. 26, 2011.

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An anti-government protester gestures during clashes with police in Cairo.

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Egyptian anti-government activists chant slogans as they gather inside the Lawyers Syndicate in downtown Cairo.

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Demonstrators deface a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria, Egypt on Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of protesters marched in Alexandria Tuesday in what was dubbed a "Day of Rage" against Mubarak and lack of political freedoms under his rule.

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Egyptian demonstrators demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms shout slogans in Cairo on Jan. 26, 2011. A placard in Arabic reads: "Mr. President Leave."

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Tear-gas smoke fired by Egyptian police is seen as demonstrators gather in central Cairo to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and call for reforms on Jan. 25, 2011. The protesters, carrying flags and chanting slogans against the government, rallied in a protest inspired by the uprising in Tunisia which led to the ouster of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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Egyptian demonstrators face riot police in Cairo on Jan. 26, 2011.

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A wounded riot policeman is led away by colleagues as Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in downtown Cairo, Egypt on Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian anti-government activists clashed with police for a second day Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests, but beefed-up police forces on the streets quickly moved in and used tear gas and beatings to disperse demonstrations.

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Riot police keep watch as they hold shields during clashes with protesters in Cairo January 26, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians defied a ban on protests by returning to Egypt's streets on Wednesday and calling for President Hosni Mubarak to leave office, and some scuffled with police.

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Egyptian demonstrators pray in central Cairo during a protest to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Cairo, facing a massive police presence, to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in a protest inspired by Tunisia's popular uprising.

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Egyptian demonstrators protest near Egyptian police (R) to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011. The protesters, carrying flags and chanting slogans against the government, rallied in a protest inspired by the uprising in Tunisia which led to the ouster of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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Egyptian demonstrators protest in central Cairo to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Cairo, facing a massive police presence, in a protest inspired by Tunisia's popular uprising.

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