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Gaza solidarity activist detained

Posted on 06/10/200803/01/2021 By 3arabawy

Muhammad Awad was detained few minutes ago by the police in front of the Cairo Press Syndicate in Abdel Khaleq Tharwat Street.

UPDATE: More activists detained in Cairo and Mansoura, including Ghazl el-Mahalla’s Kamal el-Fayoumi and Muhammad Abdul Quddous of the Liberties’ Committee as they were trying to embark with others on a solidarity trip to Gaza that was due to take off today from in front of the Press Syndicate.

UPDATE: I just spoke with Ahmad Abdel Fattah. He is currently detained by the police inside a shop in downtown Cairo’s el-Sharawrbi Street after they confiscated his camera.

I’ll be posting the updates on Jaiku.

UPDATE: Check out this report by AFP.

Photographers denounce police brutality

Posted on 05/10/200831/01/2021 By 3arabawy

Egyptian photographers have circulated the a statement today among their peers, denouncing police brutality and calling for a protest in front of the Press Syndicate, 12 October, 11am.

Leaked police video شرطة مبارك تعامل المصريين كأسرى لقوات إحتلال

Posted on 03/10/200818/01/2021 By 3arabawy

Noha alerted me to this video, which was uploaded around a year ago to YouTube, but hadn’t caught our attention:

You can see at least one uniformed police soldier, and hear talk in Egyptian colloquial about ma7ader, etc. Though the channel user titled it as “prisons in Egypt,” I think it’s likely to have been shot in a police station.

I couldn’t help but remembering similar scenes one watches on TV, but in Iraq, Palestine or Afghanistan. There’s no difference between Mubarak’s police and the US occupation troops.

Please circulate the video, and let’s try to get any more info about it.