YouTube shuts down Egyptian anti-torture activist's account

An Egyptian human rights activist who posted videos about police abuse says YouTube has shut down his account because of complaints that the videos contain "inappropriate material."

Egyptian human rights activist and blogger Wael Abbas says YouTube has suspended his account. Wael Abbas, an award-winning anti-torture watchdog, told CNN on Wednesday that there have been 100 videos posted on his account containing images of torture, police brutality, demonstrations, strikes, sit-ins and election irregularities.

Now, material he had posted is no longer available on the popular video-sharing Web site, he said. Abbas said YouTube sent him an e-mail saying they had suspended his account.

"They didn't ask me to remove it. They said 'Your account isn't working,' " he said. Watch Abbas' complaints about YouTube »

When asked about Abbas, a YouTube spokesperson said, "We take these matters very seriously, but we don't comment on individual videos."

YouTube regulations state that "graphic or gratuitous violence" is not allowed and violations of the Terms of Use could result in the ending of an account and deleting all of the videos in it.