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#Jul8 Mass protests continue in Suez

Posted on By 3arabawy

Protests in Suez continue as of time of writing. While families and the martyrs and city residents continue their protests near the Suez Canal Authority threatening to shut it down, others took to the Suez – Ain Sokhna highway, blocking it for nine hours, while chanting “We either get their (martyrs’) rights, or we die here today.”

The army cracked down, opening the highway by force, arresting 25 protesters before they were reportedly released roughly an hour ago. Upon hearing this news, protesters in Alexandria blocked the Corniche road. And as for the army, it of course denied the use of violence in suspending the protests.

SCAF and Essam Sharaf’s cabinet under fire

Posted on By 3arabawy

[Video removed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLBxpLJ8ck]

As the Tahrir occupation continues, PM Essam Sharaf made a public speech on Saturday evening, whereby he

…ordered the suspension of police accused of killing protesters during the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
Essam Sharaf also said a panel would be created to speed up court cases against them and those accused of corruption.

Earlier in the day, the prosecutor general ordered the re-arrest of head of Suez police and two secret policemen, while in Alexandria the prosecutor ordered the arrest and interrogation of 12 police officers involved in the torture and killing of Sayed Bilal, the salafi young man who was wrongly accused by the State Security Police in January of blowing up the Two Saints Church in Alexandria.

But as always, the government’s “concessions” are vague and meaningless. No names of officers were announced, no transparency, no public trials, no mention of Suzan or Omar Suleiman, and nothing said re the national minimum wage. And of course nothing re halting the military tribunals. Nothing concrete at all. And while promising one of the biggest “restructuring moves” in the history of the interior ministry by mid July, Sharaf’s interior minister, General Mansour el-Essawi, went on Al-Hayat channel, describing the use of the word “purge” as a “silly”.

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Sharaf’s speech doesn’t assure anyone. The protests continue as of time of writing, and in Tahrir Square already thousands are marching demanding Sharaf’s immediate resignation.

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While in Suez, tens of thousands of the city residents are now threatening to block the Suez Canal, and sit-ins continues in other provinces.