JNN 09 Sep 2011 : Egyptian activists have released a report that reveals 12,000 civilians have been tried in military courts since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, Press  reports.

An activist group called “No to military trials for civilians and Hesham Mubarak’s Law Center” held a press conference to release the report, titled “Days under Military Rule,” in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Wednesday.

The report chronicles events, including protests, demonstrations, military trial of workers, journalists and human rights activists, since the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) took control over the country after Mubarak’s downfall.

The report also highlights the realities of military trials and the types of torture the civilian victims have been subjected to.

“We want as much as possible to make the public aware of the issue and of the violations that the civilians are being subjected to under the military rule and basically under the military trials,” said Salima Mostafa, a member of the activist group.

Activists said that since February, at least 12,000 civilians were inexplicably put on military trials, arguing that the SCAF aimed to grip the country with an iron fist.

The surging use of military trials has become a rallying cry for Egypt’s major political forces against the SCAF.

Families of current detainees as well as Egyptian human rights activists are engaged in discussions over the military trials under the SCAF in an attempt to elucidate what has happened since the military took over power following the February 11 revolution that ousted the country’s US- and Israeli-backed dictator Hosni Mubarak.