A banner hung up in Tahrir Square on Friday, in solidarity with Loai Nagati and those who were rounded up and thrown in military prison following the police crackdown on protesters in the square on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Loai’s brother, Taher is running a solidarity campaign, and is looking for your support…
It seems our friend Loai Nagati is among the dozens of detainees who are currently undergoing interrogation by the military prosecutor. Please spread the word.
Farmers and activists held a rally outside the General Prosecutor’s Office at the High Court in Cairo, in protest at the detention of ten protesters – five farmers, three auto workers, two Azhar students – during a demonstration last Wednesday. Bail for the detainees had been set at LE10,000 per person, but after this rally lawyers announced that all ten would be released without bail.
After the International Labor Organization rewarded Essam Sharaf‘s cabinet by removing Egypt’s name from its black list, the government continues its crackdown on the labor movement. Police is trying to smash the Bani Sueif Cement workers strike, detaining three workers and tearing down the tents set up by the strikers. And in Cairo, the public prosecutor has ordered 10 protesters (five farmers, three auto workers and two students) to remain in police custody for 15 days, following their arrest last Wednesday during their sit ins in downtown Cairo.
Protest planned today Wednesday 7pm in front of Galaa theater to denounce the military’s criminal act of subjecting women protesters to virginity tests in detention at the Egyptian Museum.
A man, who’s been tortured by State Security Police and detained without trial from 1981 to 2005, protesting in Tahrir on Friday demanding justice and compensation…
Graffiti artist Ganzeer, in Tahrir on Friday, following his release from the army’s custody…
Hossam el-Hamalawy is an Egyptian journalist from Cairo
hossam [at] arabawy [dot] org
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