Photographers are demonstrating tomorrow Sunday, 25 January, 11am in front of the Press Syndicate, against police brutality. Bloggers and journalists are urged to join.
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25 Jan: Anti-police, pro-Gaza demos
Activist photographers are calling on their colleagues, journalists and bloggers to mark the 25 Jan Egyptian Police Day, by demonstrating against police brutality, 11am, in front of the Press Syndicate.
On the same day, the Egyptian Popular Committee for Solidarity with Palestine has called for a demonstration in Sayyeda Zeinab Square, 4pm.
Police assault journalist Ali Zalat
Al-Masry Al-Youm journalist Ali Zalat was brutally assaulted yesterday by State Security thugs while covering the pro-Gaza demos in downtown Cairo. The police left him unconscious in the street and even tried to detain those who were trying to take him to the hospital.
Finally, some of the protesters and colleagues managed to fight the police and carry Ali to the Red Crescent Hospital.