The Daily Star Egypt ran a frontpage report today on the Sunday “Garbage March” in Giza, and the detention of its organizer Engineer Muhammad al-Ashqar of Kefaya.
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Anti-corruption protest
The Popular Committee for the Protection of the Consumer from Corruption has called for a march on Monday, 13 November in Giza, to protest the Governor’s decree to add unfair garbage collection fees to electricity bills. The silent march is to start in front of the Telephone Centrale in Giza Square, 12 noon, and will proceed to the Giza Governorate building.
Participants are encouraged to bring garbage bags which will be dumped in front of the Governorate’s building at the end of the march.
House demolitions and detentions in Giza
The local council authorities in the Giza neighborhood of Agouza, aided by a police force, demolished buildings in the old quarter the day before yesterday, arrested some youth who tried to resist the government bulldozers, and left the residents in the streets.
The demolition comes as part of the “development efforts” by Gamal Mubarak’s Future Generation Foundation in the area. The residents have not been provided with alternative housing. The detained youth have been taken to Bulaq and Dokki police stations.
More details in this report by Al-Masry Al-Youm journalist Ali Zalat.