Friday, 28 January 2011

Statement - Vodafone Egypt

All mobile operators in Egypt have been instructed to suspend services in selected areas. Under Egyptian legislation the authorities have the right to issue such an order and we are obliged to comply with it. The Egyptian authorities will be clarifying the situation in due course.
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Lucky I am NOT with them as if I was I wouldn't be now!!!

Now it's starting in Jordan

Thousands of Jordanian opposition supporters have taken the streets in the country's capital demanding the prime minister step down and venting their anger at rising prices, inflation and unemployment. About 3,500 opposition activists from the main Islamist opposition group, trade unions and leftist organizations have gathered in Amman. The crowd is denouncing Prime Minister Samir Rifai's unpopular policies. Many are shouting: "Rifai go away, prices are on fire and so are the Jordanians." Another 2,000 protesters in cities of Irbid and Karak have made similar calls. Friday's rallies mark the third consecutive day of protests in Jordan inspired by Tunisia and Egypt's unrest that has demanding the governments' downfall. King Abdullah II has promised some reforms.
@'Winnipeg Free Press'

Osama Ghazali Harb has also been arrested

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SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi

Al Jazeera reports that its veteran journalist Ahmad Mansour has been "attacked" by plain clothed police officers in Cairo #Jan25

#jan25 #egypt محمد البرادعي

Reports that Mohamed ElBaradei has been arrested.

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BBC Arabic reporter Asadullah Al Sawi was injured by an undercover policeman in civilian clothing in Cairo. #Jan25

Tahrir Square

Reports now of police firing on crowd in Cairo with rubber bullets...

A timely cable release

"Torture and police brutality in Egypt are endemic and widespread. The police use brutal methods mostly against common criminals to extract confessions, but also against demonstrators, certain political prisoners and unfortunate bystanders. One human rights lawyer told us there is evidence of torture in Egypt dating back to the times of the Pharaohs..."
WikiLeaks Cable
09CAIRO79

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says:

"In that regard ... shutting down all this Internet service ... I believe that one of the ground principles of democracy should be to protect the freedom of speech of the people
...All concerned people or leaders should ensure that the situation in that region, and particularly now in Egypt, does not and should not lead to further violence."