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CAIRO (AFP) \u2013 Egypt\u2019s military has vowed to stop virginity tests on female protesters, Amnesty International said on Monday, after a top official said the tests were necessary to head off possible charges of rape.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe head of Egypt\u2019s military intelligence has promised Amnesty International that the army will no longer carry out forced \u2018virginity tests\u2019 after defending their use, during a meeting with the organisation on Sunday,\u201d Amnesty said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Major General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had discussed the issue with Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty.<\/p>\n

Sisi is a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which took power after a popular uprising ousted president Hosni Mubarak in February.<\/p>\n

The general was the first identified Egyptian military official to acknowledge that forced virginity tests have taken place.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said virginity tests were carried out to protect the army against possible allegations of rape, and added that the army does not intend to detain women again,\u201d an Amnesty statement said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

On May 31, Amnesty called on the authorities in Egypt to bring to justice those responsible for forced virginity tests on female protesters, slamming it as \u201cnothing less than torture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amnesty\u2019s statement came after an apparent admission by an unnamed army general to CNN that women detained on March 9 in Cairo\u2019s Tahrir Square had been subjected to virginity tests.<\/p>\n

A senior military official on May 31 denied to AFP reports that the army had conducted such tests, saying \u201cthese allegations are baseless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amnesty opposes forced virginity tests under any circumstances.<\/p>\n

\u201cSisi said people alleging abuses should complain to the military prosecutor and could also post their complaints on the SCAF Facebook page,\u201d the Amnesty statement said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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