Police have cracked down this morning on activists assembling in Dokki, who were preparing to travel to Gaza with a caravan of medical aid and supplies, detaining dozens including our friend Ahmad Abdel Fattah.
UPDATE: Ahmad has been released.
UPDATE: A report by Sarah Carr.
UPDATE: Solidarity needed with detained Ad-Dustour journalist Aya Youssef.
UPDATE: Aya released.
From AFP:
Baton-wielding riot police clashed with hundreds of students at Cairo University who were protesting on Wednesday against the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
About 600 police clashed with 300 students at the downtown campus, an AFP photographer said. At least one demonstrator needed treatment for head wounds.
Police entered the campus, the photographer said, despite a court ruling barring them from university grounds.
The students were independents or members of different opposition groups, said a Muslim Brotherhood official.
UPDATE: I spoke with Blogger Ahmad Abdel Fattah who covered the protest. He said the troops did NOT enter campus, contrary to what the AFP report stated. The clashes took place outside in the streets in front of the main gate.
