Ayman Nour
During the January–February 2011 protests, police brutality was common. Jack Shenker, a reporter for "The Guardian", was arrested during the Cairo protests on 26 January. He witnessed fellow Egyptian protesters being tortured, assaulted, and taken to undisclosed locations by police officers. Shenker and other detainees were released after covert intervention by Ayman Nour, the father of a fellow detainee.