Cairo: An Egyptian military court on Sunday acquitted an army doctor of charges that he had forced female protesters to undergo virginity tests in a military prison, according to the state Middle East News Agency.
The tribunal said in its verdict that it was confident the doctor, identified as Ahmad Adel, was innocent due to conflicting testimonies given by witnesses, said the agency.
The case was filed by Samira Ebrahim, an activisit who said she had been forced to undergo a virgitnity test in a military prison after she had been detained during an anti-army protest in central Cairo in March 2011.
Samira, who attended Sunday's session, shouted against the country's military rulers following the verdict before storming out of the court building in Cairo, according to witnesses.
Rulings passed by military courts in Egypt cannot be appealed.
Last December, an Egyptian civil court ordered a stop on virginity tests on girls in military prisons where human rights advocates say many such tests have been conducted.
Adel was accused of "public indecency" and "disobeying military orders", after the initial charge of rape had been dropped.
"It's a joke, a theatre," an outraged Samira told AFP after the ruling.
