The welcome parade (also known as health trail or corredor polonês) is a form of running the gauntlet[clarification needed] used to torture new prisoners in some countries, including Poland in the twentieth century during the Polish People's Republic (communist period),[1] Egypt[2][3] and Belarus in the twenty-first century.
He was beaten on his back and his neck, repeatedly kicked, threatened and verbally abused during the parade, which lasted 15 minutes.
[3][6] Mohamed el-Baqer, Abd El-Fattah's lawyer and head of the Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms (himself also arrested on 29 September 2019), was blindfolded for his welcome parade in Tora Prison, during which he was insulted by policemen.
"[2] He reported an incident in which a prisoner of high social status was accidentally subjected to a welcome parade.
Footage of the parade that took place on 11 August 2020 during the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests in Okrestina prison in Minsk is available on YouTube.