Authorities later revoked those sentences `` when we discovered that some of the detainees had university degrees , so we decided to give them a second chance , '' he said . 17 women were arrested at a March 9 protest in Cairo , after Mubarak 's ouster . A senior Egyptian general says some of them were subject to `` virginity checks '' which are illegal under Islamic law and punishable by death '. One woman allegedly targeted had said , `` They wanted to teach us a lesson ''
17 women were arrested at a March 9 protest in Cairo , after Mubarak 's ouster . A senior Egyptian general says some of them were subject to `` virginity checks '' which are illegal under Islamic law and punishable by death '. One woman allegedly targeted had said , `` They wanted to teach us a lesson ''