Afaf Mamdouh and others were arrested on 11/26/13 on charges of demonstrating without obtaining a permit in violation of the new protest law, after her participation in demonstrations in front of the Shura Council headquarters in protest against the new protest law. They were assaulted, dragged, and harassed during their arrest. She was taken to the new third Cairo station and then released after several hours and deleted from the record. – Violations she was subjected to: She was beaten, dragged and slapped during her arrest