Protest held by Egyptian revolutionaries, in front of the interior ministry’s HQ in downtown Cairo, marking the anniversary of Khaled Said’s death under torture.
Khaled Said‘s stencils were sprayed by activists all over the entrance of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and surrounding streets in downtown Cairo.
Hundreds demonstrated on Monday denouncing continued police torture, in Sheikh Rihan Street, in front of the main gate of the MOI, a place that was a big taboo to even stand at, let alone protest. I was detained and tortured at the SS headquarters in that compound in October 2000 on orders from SS General Hisham Abu Gheida.
I had to keep pinching myself to make sure this was real. Khaled Said‘s stencils were sprayed by activists all over the entrance of the Ministry of Interior (MOI), in downtown Cairo.
Hundreds demonstrated on Monday denouncing continued police torture, in Sheikh Rihan Street, in front of the main gate of the MOI, a place that was a big taboo to even stand at, and which used to give me the creeps before the revolution even when just driving by it.
