Egypt army doctor cleared over ‘virginity test’

An Egyptian military court has acquitted an army doctor accused of conducting forced “virginity tests” on female protesters last year, in a case that had sparked a national outcry.

Ahmed Adel was cleared of conducting the test on Samira Ibrahim, who brought the case against him, after the judge found the witness statements to be “contradictory”, said the official MENA news agency.

The ruling comes “from what has been proven in documents and based on my conscience”, the judge said according to MENA, adding that he had “not been subjected to any pressures.”