11:30PM
Downtown under siege again...
Hossam el-Hamalawy
I won't be posting a report on today's Kefaya pro-resistance demo, as I couldn't go. But you can check some demo pix here.
Jano Charbel of dpa who attended the protest told me he was punched and beaten by batton-wielding CSF, who took his bag, and returned it later without his mobile phone nor the money that was in it. Others were also assaulted including blogger Alaa Seif who was beaten so much that his shirt was shredded, and activist Ahmad Droubi was beaten on the head, shoulders, and his eyeglasses were smashed by plainclothes thugs. Droubi told me shortly before the crackdown, he saw and overheard one of the plainclothes thugs eagerly asking a CSF Lt Colonel, "When are we going to get some action ya basha?" I was also told several female protestors were manhandled by the plainclothes thugs.
Al-Jazeera reported there were similar pro-resistance protests that took place in Tanta and Bani Suweif.
On another note, I won't be blogging for the coming ten days at least, as I have some urgent personal errands I have to take care of.
See you soon...
Jano Charbel of dpa who attended the protest told me he was punched and beaten by batton-wielding CSF, who took his bag, and returned it later without his mobile phone nor the money that was in it. Others were also assaulted including blogger Alaa Seif who was beaten so much that his shirt was shredded, and activist Ahmad Droubi was beaten on the head, shoulders, and his eyeglasses were smashed by plainclothes thugs. Droubi told me shortly before the crackdown, he saw and overheard one of the plainclothes thugs eagerly asking a CSF Lt Colonel, "When are we going to get some action ya basha?" I was also told several female protestors were manhandled by the plainclothes thugs.
Al-Jazeera reported there were similar pro-resistance protests that took place in Tanta and Bani Suweif.
On another note, I won't be blogging for the coming ten days at least, as I have some urgent personal errands I have to take care of.
See you soon...
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