(Via Lenin’s Tomb)
A video showing US soldiers in Iraq taunting thirsty children with a bottle of water has caused outrage. The footage shows a group of children desperately chasing a truck so they can get a drink.
You can watch the video here…
Rights groups say government is limiting Internet freedom
From the Daily Star Egypt:
Members of the country’s blogging community have said there is a marked increase in the arrests and detainment of online writers expressing their views on religion and society.
Bloggers are being increasingly targeted by state authorities because they provide truthful accounts on events in contrast to state-owned media and press outlets, which often tend to distort the real story, blogger and journalist Hossam El-Hamalawy said.
“In today s Egypt, many journalists and reporters read the blogs before monitoring Egyptian press and media to find out what is happening in the country.
Islamists to demonstrate tomorrow Friday at Al-Azhar against Culture Minister
Al-Azhar mosque is expected to be the scene of a mass demo against Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni over his recent veil remarks, tomorrow following the Friday prayers. Both the Muslim Brothers and the Islamist-leaning Labor Party supporters are expected to be present and have a leading role.
Already thousands of Muslim Brothers supporters have demonstrated this week in universities in Cairo and the provinces, demanding the minister’s resignation.
Artists and Writers for Change, one of Kefaya’s offshoots, issued a statement. While refusing to support Farouk Hosni, for his corrupting role in the country’s cultural life, the movement denounced the attack on freedom of expression by the Muslim Brotherhood and “some of the NDP poles,” and called up on the activists to devote their energies to the more urgent political and social struggles.