Saturday, 29 January 2011

Clashes in Cairo Extend Arab World’s Days of Unrest

More photographs #jan25 #egypt

exiledsurfer

A riot policeman fires tear gas at protestors in front of the l-Istiqama Mosque in Giza on January 28, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Cairo NOW #jan25 #egypt

(BIG thanx to 'exiledsurfer' - click for more photos)

Friday, 28 January 2011

The Internet in Egypt – and the P2P alternatives

Mona Street
"You cannot repress ALL of the people ALL of the time"

Tahrir Square #2

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.
HERE 
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
LIVE STREAM
Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Jazeera reports that its veteran journalist Ahmad Mansour has been "attacked" by plain clothed police officers in Cairo

#jan25 #egypt محمد البرادعي

Reports that Mohamed ElBaradei has been arrested.

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

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