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Egypt deports three Americans held in Tahrir protests
Egypt on Saturday deported three American students arrested during protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand an end to military rule, an airport official told AFP. The three students of the American University in Cairo were ordered released on Thursday after three days in custody. According to the official MENA…
Journalists sexually assaulted covering Egypt unrest
CAIRO — Two female foreign journalists on Thursday described harrowing sexual assaults carried out by crowds or police as they tried to cover demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy said she was sexually assaulted by police during hours under detention after taking part in protests on the…
24 dead as clashes rock Cairo’s Tahrir Square
Fresh clashes erupted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Monday between police and protesters demanding the end of army rule, as the rulingmilitary council faced its worst crisis since Hosni Mubarak was toppled. The clashes, which have left 24 left dead in three days according tothe interior ministry, threatened to derail the country’s first elections since Mubarak’s ouster…
Extreme violence as Egypt cracks down on protests
Clashes between Egyptian protesters calling for an end to military rule and the army and police who are trying to put down the demonstrations have been going on for some 36 hours, and the Reuters News Agency is reporting at least ten dead and 214 wounded on Sunday alone. However,…
One dead, hundreds injured in iconic Egypt protest hub
A demonstrator was killed and hundreds of people injured on Saturday as Egyptian police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up a sit-in organised by some of the driving forces behind the Arab Spring revolt. The dead man sustained a bullet wound to the chest, a doctor on the scene…
Egyptians march in solidarity with ‘Occupy Oakland’
Demonstrators marched on Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, in a protest against the continuing military rule of their country and the perpetual state of emergency their government has maintained since 1958. But there was another item on their agenda today: the recent violence in Oakland, California. In the photos below,…
Egyptian activist Asmaa Mahfouz speaks at ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest
Egyptian activist Asmaa Mahfouz spoke to Amy Goodman of Democracy Now on Tuesday at the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration in lower Manhattan. “Many of U.S. residents were in solidarity with us,” she said. “So, we have to keep going all over the world, because another world is possible for all…
Protesters declare sit-in in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
Protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square launched a sit-in on Friday following a rally to reclaim the revolution amid anger over the military rulers’ handling of the transition. Thousands had flocked to the epicentre of protests that toppled president Hosni Mubarak in February to demand an end to military trials of…
Egypt army warns against threats to democracy
CAIRO — Egypt’s military rulers warned Thursday against any threat to democracy and national security on the eve of planned protests calling for reform, in a statement on their Facebook page. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which took power when president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February,…
Rights group says Egypt abusing military trials
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s military has arrested and tried more civilians before military tribunals than those brought before them during the 30-year rule of former president Hosni Mubarak, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. “Nearly 12,000 prosecutions since February is astounding and shows how Egypt’s military rulers are undermining the…
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