A leading human rights group said on Tuesday that some people were being held by the armed forces.
"There are hundreds of detained, but information on their numbers is still not complete ... The army was holding detainees," AFP quoted Gamal Eid, a lawyer who heads the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, as saying.
The group says it was still receiving "information relating to the disappearances of many youths and citizens."
Eid urged the military to publish a list of detainees' names and to guarantee their rights.
Reports say at least 500 people were arrested in the recent popular protests that toppled the ruling regime.
But an estimated 17,000 political prisoners were already locked up in Egyptian prisons, which are notorious for the use of torture.
Egypt has also been the US destination of choice for its extraordinary rendition program -- the practice of taking terror suspects to a country where torture is used in an attempt to extract confessions.
Activists have demanded the release of political prisoners, the lifting of a 30-year-old state of emergency and the disbandment of military court. They say demonstrations will continue until the army accepts the reforms.
They are demanding a clear timetable for the transfer of power to a civilian government. source
"There are hundreds of detained, but information on their numbers is still not complete ... The army was holding detainees," AFP quoted Gamal Eid, a lawyer who heads the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, as saying.
The group says it was still receiving "information relating to the disappearances of many youths and citizens."
Eid urged the military to publish a list of detainees' names and to guarantee their rights.
Reports say at least 500 people were arrested in the recent popular protests that toppled the ruling regime.
But an estimated 17,000 political prisoners were already locked up in Egyptian prisons, which are notorious for the use of torture.
Egypt has also been the US destination of choice for its extraordinary rendition program -- the practice of taking terror suspects to a country where torture is used in an attempt to extract confessions.
Activists have demanded the release of political prisoners, the lifting of a 30-year-old state of emergency and the disbandment of military court. They say demonstrations will continue until the army accepts the reforms.
They are demanding a clear timetable for the transfer of power to a civilian government. source
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