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<div class="publish-date"><span class="label">By</span> AFP <span class="label">| Emirates 24/7 | Published</span> Monday, February 07, 2011</div>
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<p class="caption">Egyptian anti-government  demonstrators wave their national flag and chant slogans at Cairo&#8217;s  Tahrir Square. Rights watchdog Amnesty International said Sunday that an  Egyptian executive of the Google software giant who was snatched from  the street during anti-government riots faces a serious risk of torture.  (AFP)</p>
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<p>Rights watchdog Amnesty International said Sunday that an  Egyptian executive of the Google software giant who was snatched from  the street during anti-government riots faces a serious risk of torture.</p>
<p>Wael Ghoneim was arrested by Egyptian security forces during protests  on Friday and his whereabouts are unknown, Amnesty said, adding he &#8220;is  facing a serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment by security  forces.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The Egyptian authorities must immediately disclose where Wael  Ghoneim is and release him or charge him with a recognisable criminal  offence,&#8221; said Amnesty&#8217;s regional deputy director, Hassiba Hadj  Sahraoui.</p>
<p>Ghoneim, who is Google&#8217;s head of marketing for the Middle East and  North Africa, travelled to Egypt on January 23, two days before massive  nationwide rallies erupted demanding the overthrow of President Hosni  Mubarak.</p>
<p>Witnesses said Ghoneim was seen being arrested in Cairo&#8217;s Mohandesseen area.</p>
<p>&#8220;He was snatched from the street by men in plainclothes who are  believed to be state security officers and since then he&#8217;s been held in  secret,&#8221; Hadj Sahraoui told AFP.</p>
<p>&#8220;So we don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s holding him, where he&#8217;s being held and he  hasn&#8217;t had access to the outside world and these are the conditions that  facilitate torture,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>Egyptian activists say state security services still use torture,  with no sign their tactics are about to change despite the regime&#8217;s  promise of reform.</p>
<p>Deadly protests demanding the end of Mubarak&#8217;s 30-year-rule have gone  on for almost two weeks. According to UN estimates, at least 300 people  have been killed, scores injured and an unknown number arrested.</p>
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