The National Forces have called for a protest Monday 1 December, 6pm, in front of Cairo’s Press Syndicate, in solidarity with the five victimized Ghazl el-Mahalla workers, the detained Muslim Brothers, incarcerated bloggers and the citizens of Sinai, and to denounce the police killings in Samalut, Ayyat, Assiut, and Aswan.
Year: 2008
Mahalla Updates: Sat protest postponed
The Ghazl el-Mahalla protest has been postponed, and is expected to take place after Eid.
Keep your eyes on Mahalla…
Pigs beat students at Gaza blockade protest
From AFP:
Baton-wielding riot police clashed with hundreds of students at Cairo University who were protesting on Wednesday against the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
About 600 police clashed with 300 students at the downtown campus, an AFP photographer said. At least one demonstrator needed treatment for head wounds.
Police entered the campus, the photographer said, despite a court ruling barring them from university grounds.
The students were independents or members of different opposition groups, said a Muslim Brotherhood official.
UPDATE: I spoke with Blogger Ahmad Abdel Fattah who covered the protest. He said the troops did NOT enter campus, contrary to what the AFP report stated. The clashes took place outside in the streets in front of the main gate.
