The family of a leading Egyptian pro-democracy activist, who was arrested amid a recent clampdown following anti-government
protests, said on Thursday that he was beaten, threatened and stripped to his underwear while in custody.
There was no immediate comment from Egyptian authorities to the allegations.
Alaa Abdel-Fattah rose to prominence with the 2011 uprisings that swept the
Middle East and in
Egypt toppled longtime President Hosni Mubarak.