Great news!
After nine months of campaigning since last December, demonstrations, clashes with the police and Suzi’s pigs, the Kafr Elw victims will be receiving their new flats from the Maadi local council today 10am, 77 el-Maadi el-Qadima Street, in front of el-Rayyan hospital.
Mabrouk! Demonstrations and strikes are indeed the only language the government understands.
From AFP…
Police used violence earlier this month to prevent villagers from repairing the only church in their area, a rights group said on Monday, warning of a rise in sectarian tension as a result.
On Aug. 17, “a policeman assigned to guard the Archangel Michael Church in Deshasha (Beni Sweif province south of Cairo) hit three women while they were taking sand into the church to fix the floor which was cracked as a result of water collection underneath,” the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) said in a statement.
After the incident rumors spread in the village that Copts had locked up the policeman inside the church, beat him up and tore his clothes, leading to the brief arrests of several Copts and to threats of retaliation from Muslim villagers, the group said.
“The worrying rise in sectarian tension that we have seen in Deshasha is a direct result of violations committed by the police,” EIPR director Hossam Bahgat said.
“This incident must be investigated and those responsible held accountable.”
State Security pigs raided a flat in Balteem (located in the Nile Delta province of Kafr el-Sheikh, where Karama Party leader Hamdeen Sabbahi holds a parliamentary seat) arresting a group Karama Party activists were staying during a summer camp, taking them into custody following an interrogation.
Kefaya’s website said more than 40 youth were detained, but I was told by a journalist that the number is about 37.
No more information is available.