Founder: Police close Egyptian center for torture victims

CAIRO (AP) — The founder of an Egyptian center that treats victims of torture and trauma says the institution has been closed down by police.

Prominent psychiatrist Dr. Aida Seif el-Dawla tells The Associated Press that when staff arrived at the Al-Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence on Thursday the facility had been sealed off by police and the building's doorman taken into custody for questioning.