My feature in Al-Masry Al-Youm on the brutalization of Egyptian society.
Tag: pigs
UK court rules man who punched officer in face after being hit with batons acted in self-defence
A music teacher who punched a police officer in the face at a demonstration has been cleared of assault charges after a court ruled he was acting in self-defence.
Chris Bluemel said today his acquittal “speaks volumes” about the excessive force used by police at protests, after three magistrates decided he had been acting reasonably when he hit a police officer.
Police crack down on anti-Obama demonstrators
Police have cracked down on the protest planned by Kefaya this evening in Tahrir Sq, detaining a number of activists. Hundreds of plainclothes police informers had spread in Tahrir and Talaat Harb squares from the late afternoon.
Thousands of Central Security Forces troops were also present in their armored trucks.