Hossam el-Hamalawy
The Minister of Health, whose impeachment was one of the main demands of the recent doctors strike, told the press that “240 protesters were injured” in Tahrir on Friday.
This is pure lie and the field clinic set up in Tahrir denied receiving any injuries, only few cases of people passing out due to the heat.
General Hassan el-Roweini, head of the army’s Central Zone Command, showed up in Tahrir on 5 February, trying to convince the protesters of suspending the sit-in, following the “Battle of the Camel”, when Mubarak’s thugs descended on Tahrir to slaughter us under the watchful “neutral” eye of the army. In the video above, General el-Roweini describes the Tahrir occupation as a “soap opera” and denies knowledge of any protesters killed by the thugs.
The brave doctors in the makeshift clinic responded back to his allegations, and refused to go away. I don’t know who’s “Doctor Sherif” who appears in the video, but I salute his bravery.
[Video removed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INUkdu9-66w]
Doctors protest in front of the Cairo Public Prosecutor’s office, against the victimization of five of their colleagues in Tanta who took part in the recent strikes.