Posts Tagged ‘Suez’
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#Jul8 VIDEO – Tahrir in solidarity with Suez تحية من ثوار التحرير إلى السويس
Protesters in Tahrir chant in solidarity with the Suez revolutionaries…
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#Jul8 Mass protests continue in Suez
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.
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SCAF and Essam Sharaf’s cabinet under fire
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”.
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…
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…
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#Jul8 VIDEO – Mass protests in Suez الآلاف في السويس يطالبون بالقصاص
Thousands took the streets in Suez on Friday, demanding retribution for police killings during the uprising, chanting against Field Marshal Tantawi, and calling for continuing the revolution…
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Suez workers join martyrs’ families sit in عمال ترسانة السويس يطالبون بالقصاص
Striking Suez Canal workers join the protesting martyrs’ families in Al-Arb’een, demanding retribution from the police..
[Photo by Shady]
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Suez and Palestine… Same Struggle… علم فلسطين في السويس
Suez protesters in Al-Arb’een, raise the Palestinian flag, as they continue their sit-in demanding the public trial of police officers involved in killing demonstrators during the uprising. Whenever there is struggle, the oppressed can easily draw parallels with the Palestinians…
[Photo taken by Shady]
ABOUT 3ARABAWY
Hossam el-Hamalawy is an Egyptian journalist from Cairo
hossam [at] arabawy [dot] org
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