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Photographers to demonstrate against police assaults

For the first time in their history, Egyptian photographers are getting together to demonstrate on Saturday 11am, in front of the Press Syndicate, against increased police assaults. Photographers face attacks from police agents and the thugs they deploy in demos, who smash cameras, intimidate, physically assault, and detain photographers while performing their professional duties. I’m …

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Cairo vigil remembers police killing of Sudan refugees

Blog / By 3arabawy

Egyptian rights activists held a candlelit vigil in central Cairo alongside a heavy police presence to commemorate the killing of 28 Sudanese refugees when police stormed their camp a year ago.

Candlelight vigil to mark Sudanese refugees massacre

Blog / By 3arabawy

Activists are holding a candle light vigil, Friday 29 December, 6pm, in front of the UNHCR office in Mohandessin, to mark the first anniversary of the massacre of Sudanese refugees on the hands of the Egyptian Interior Ministry’s Central Security Forces. Blogger Nora Younis witnessed the atrocity last year, and wrote her testimony here.