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I insist on getting my rights and will not leave it, no matter the cost. The future of Egyptian women is in danger.

— Samira Ibrahim

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Source: After a military court acquitted the army doctor accused of carrying out forced "virginity tests," Samira Ibrahim vowed to continue seeking justice despite the verdict.
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The people will get me my rights.

Justice has been served today. These tests are a crime and also do not comply with the constitution, which states equality between men and women. I will not give up my rights as a woman or a human being.

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Any woman who was sexually violated should defy society and speak out.

Egypt's judiciary has let itself down, rather than me.

I am now in the process of taking the case to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.

Thank you to the people, thank you to Tahrir Square that taught me to challenge, thank you to the revolution that taught me perseverance.

Now the Egyptian woman is violated from two sides, one is the military and the other are the Islamists.

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