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Reporter: What happend with you, abdulfattah?
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Abdulfattah: A 4x4 Jeep stopped, and took us (3 of us)
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They started beating us in the car until we fainted
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Reporter: Did they hit you with sticks or..?
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Abdulfattah: First they hit us with sticks. After that, they started hitting us with anything they had on them
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They hit us with their belts and Knives (not sharpened edge)
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They took us to one warehouse.
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Reporter: Where was this warehouse?
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It was in Abeedeen Palace.
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The palace is basically a group of cells
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The three of us were held in one cell
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They kept beating us, telling us "you're revolutionaries"
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We said "Yes, we are revolutionaries"
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(Man) Give me your hand, see how their belts marked on his hands
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My friends bloods, who died in my hands.. This is their blood
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After that, they could not find anything one us
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Reporter: How old are you?
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I am fifteen years old.
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Reporter: And those who were with you?
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I was the youngest amongst them
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Then, they came in with black whips. They started pounding the ground, and dragging us in front of them.
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They tied us to the whip by our feet, dragged us on the ground, and hit us on our back.
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We'd sit on the ground, and they'd start hitting us with pens, stationary material, and electricity.
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They electrified us the first day we were there..
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After that, they came and to the creek. They could not find anything on us, today, from around 3 or 4 hours.
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Reporter: Who died?
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Two of my friends..
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Reporter: What are their names? Tell us their names..
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Islam and Ahmad
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From Alsharqiya and Helwan.
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Reporter: Were they with you in Tahrir Square?
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No, they were here, in Fateh University.
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Reporter: Did any force investigate with you? Ask you any questions? (AbdulFattah Shakes his head sideways)
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Reporter: Why do you think they did this to you, abdulfattah?
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I do not know.
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Reporter: What were they telling you?
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They would say "You are revolutionaries. You are the thieves who robbed this country. You are the thugs"
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You I don't know what.. We did not know what to respond to them. Every time we tell them no, we want to fix the country, they'd say no and hit us.
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They'd tell us to write something and they'd tape it.
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Reporter: Write what?
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That "you ruined the country, you did this" and they'd film us.
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They took statements from us, statements we did not say.
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Reporter: They wanted to frame you with crimes. Crimes they wanted to hold someone responsible of.
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Reporter: Do you know the names of the authorities who caught you?
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(Man) Weren't they calling each other with titles?
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No, they would call each other with letters.
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Reporter: Give us an example
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Like H, A, M, S. Like that.
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You were there Thursday dawn, Friday, Saturday, Sunday..
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Abdulfattah: Two weeks, Those two weeks. I have been caught for 22 days.
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Reporter speaking to His father: Who did you report his disappearance to?
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Father: I turned the world upside down trying to find him.. Everyday they'd say his name isn't there.
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I turned the world upside down for him..
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Reporter: What did they feed you, abdulfattah?
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They starved us for three days. No food, no water.
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Reporter: Are those the same cloth you wore?
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Father: Yes. Abdulfattah: I have been wearing this outfit for 22 days.
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Reporter: three days with no food. | Abdulfattah: No water too
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Reporter: Who else was there from your university, other than the three of you?
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Reporter: How many? | Abdulfattah: So many.. A large number of detainees..
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Reporter: Are you still angry? | Abdulfattah: Of course. I swear I will not leave until their entire regime falls.
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Reporter: Is there anything else you'd like to say, abdulfattah?
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Father: Say whatever you want.
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Abdulfattah: I want to tell the Egyptian people to come here. No one should sit at home and pretend they are a part of the revolution.
