Portraits of Daqahliya civil servants involved in building the General Union of Real Estate Tax Collectors, taken during their Saturday meeting, in downtown Cairo.
Govt thugs assault Helwan U students
Government thugs assaulted and severely injured two members of the Resistance Students on Helwan University campus, south of Cairo. Under the watchful eyes of the police, around 15 from the university’s office of student affairs and plainclothes thugs attacked nine RS activists when the latter tried to put up banners against the rising education fees.
Two students sustained injuries in their hands and necks, and were temporarily detained for an hour in the university’s security office, according to RS activist I spoke with earlier.
Alexandrians denounce NDP
The local NDP officials in Alexandria tried to hold ‘Azaa (mourning) for the victims of last Wednesday’s building collapse. Relatives of the victims could be seen, in a video, in a verbal fight with the NDP men, with one shouting: “Get a ladder, and bring this fucking (NDP) banner down!”
Later, Alexandria’s Governor (and former SS General) Adel Labib showed up, only to be chased away by the citizens.