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Egypt detains 2 policemen in Alex torture victim case

Group slams Egypt for beating protesters

Egypt fines 2 journalists for offending judges

EU voices concern over blogger's death

Egypt's Journalists call for colleague's release

BP spreads blame over oil spill

Iran: Woman's stoning sentence on hold

US church defiant despite condemnation of Koran burning

Pro-ElBaradei journalist faces criminal trial over minister insult

Egypt NDP hints at Brotherhood squeeze

 MANSURA- An Egyptian man jumped off a police station in the Nile Delta town of Bani Ebeid to escape alleged torture.Mohamed Salah Mahmoud, a 18-year-old driver, is now lying in a hospital under security after surving the jump, said his family.

  They claim he had been taken to the police station in Bani Ebeid, some 110km north of Cairo, after refusing to allow two detectives to get a free ride.

    Egyptian police have recently been under fire from local and international human rights after two policemen had purportedly beaten a young activist to death in the coastal city of Alexandria.

   On Saturday, Egypt's Chief Prosecutor ordered the two policemen to stand trial for illegally arresting and using harsh treatment to the 28-year-old activist.