2009

Police assault journalist Ali Zalat

Al-Masry Al-Youm journalist Ali Zalat was brutally assaulted yesterday by State Security thugs while covering the pro-Gaza demos in downtown Cairo. The police left him unconscious in the street and even tried to detain those who were trying to take him to the hospital. Finally, some of the protesters and colleagues managed to fight the …

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Crackdown on pro-Gaza protesters

Blog / By 3arabawy

Please follow my Jaikus, Per’s and the Gaza Channel. UPDATE: Here’s a video, by El-Badeel’s Omar Said, of a number of protesters, who managed to re-assemble in Klot Beik Street, downtown Cairo, following the rounding up of hundreds from Ramses Sq. I’m at the office, gathering news from our correspondents in the streets. Most of …

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2,100 Police officers resign protesting torture and work conditions

Blog / By 3arabawy

Make sure you pick up your issue of tomorrow’s El-Badeel, where extensive coverage of the Gaza massacres is provided, as well as an exclusive report about the resignation of 2,100 Egyptian police officers in the last two years, protesting torture tactics used and bad working conditions.