An Egyptian family walk past Egyptian riot police on Friday, July, 28, 2006, outside a mosque in Cairo, Egypt.
Solidarity struggle
Egyptians are fed up with their government’s indifferent reaction to the Qana massacre, report Pierre Loza and Mohamed El-Sayed
“Why don’t you let us freely express our feelings?” Sweif, who broke out of the siege organised by riot police forces, angrily asked the senior riot police officer.
“We sympathise with you but we can’t let you do as you please,” the annoyed officer replied. The heated discussion between the demonstrator and the officer ended with Sweif being beaten and dragged away.
Beliefs: Regimes whose days are numbered
Ziauddin Sardar Monday 7th August 2006
When I arrived at al-Azhar, one of the most prestigious mosques of Sunni Islam, I found it, and the entire neighbourhood, under siege. Ranks of riot police surrounded the entrance. Armed officers of the Central Security Forces vetted everyone entering. Inside, posters announced that protests were forbidden. A large number of worshippers seemed to be plain-clothed policemen or state security agents. They made their presence felt by using walkie-talkies the size of small bricks. One worshipper pointed out that the mosque was full of hired thugs. Their job was to follow individual protesters and beat them up. “The security forces are determined not to have a repeat of last Friday,” he said.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Professor Ibrahim `Allush after being beaten by Jordanian mukhabarat goons in Amman for demonstrating against the Israeli war on Lebanon.
Photostory: Israeli brutality at the US Consulate in Jerusalem
Bell Way writing from Jerusalem, Live from Palestine, 5 August 2006