Egyptian photographers have circulated the a statement today among their peers, denouncing police brutality and calling for a protest in front of the Press Syndicate, 12 October, 11am.
Ghazl el-Mahalla on FIRE!
Fire has broken out at Ghazl el-Mahalla. Textile Factories No. 6, 7, 16 have burnt down!
The fire broke out this morning around 8am. I heard conflicting reports about when it was finally put down. One source said it was over by 9:30am, and the other said it only came under control by 3pm. Luckily no human causalities reported, but the material losses seem to be “big” according to a labor activist in the company. “The fire resulted from electric sparks as the machines were re-started after the holidays. The textile factories of course are full of raw cotton supplies and inflammable materials. Fire spread quickly.”
More later…
UPDATE: Kareem el-Beheiri reports…
Leaked police video شرطة مبارك تعامل المصريين كأسرى لقوات إحتلال
Noha alerted me to this video, which was uploaded around a year ago to YouTube, but hadn’t caught our attention:
You can see at least one uniformed police soldier, and hear talk in Egyptian colloquial about ma7ader, etc. Though the channel user titled it as “prisons in Egypt,” I think it’s likely to have been shot in a police station.
I couldn’t help but remembering similar scenes one watches on TV, but in Iraq, Palestine or Afghanistan. There’s no difference between Mubarak’s police and the US occupation troops.
Please circulate the video, and let’s try to get any more info about it.