Michael J. Totten: Breaking news: 31 demonstrators arrested!

March 15, 2007

Breaking news: 31 demonstrators arrested!

My laptop is going to be operational tomorrow, so that's when I am going to be back at posting things. However, this, couldn't wait!

There was a demonstration planned for the day, to protest against the egyptian constitutional changes, which pretty much outlawed independent candidacy, and made the emergency law permenant under the guise of the terrorism law. I had passed by the area today, and there was about 20 state secuirty soldiers trucks. The area was flooded with black uniforms. Apparently the demonstration went as planned and the police cracked down on them and arrested 31 demonstrators, amongst which are bloggers Mohamed al taher and Meit.

The way it worked was as follows: The police seperated the area of Talaat Harb from The Tahrir square, so many demonstrators couldn't get to Tahrir square. So a group of 100 of them made a demonstration and were chased by the police into a dead end alley and were kept there. There were fringe demonstartions all over the surrounding area, of groups of 2-5 demonstrators staging their own demonstrations independently from anyone else. The Police reportedly cracked down on them in the alleys and the streets surrounding the area. An eye-witness friend informed me that she saw 2 demonstrators getting the shit kicked out of them in a side street and then getting arrested. The Police has reportedly arrested 29 others the same way.

As you can see the terrorism law is working effective immedietly, and used as expected as a tool against political opposition. If this is anything, it's an omen of dark times ahead.

The tone, has already been set!

The list of the names in arabic can be found here.

Posted by The Sandmonkey at March 15, 2007 02:13 PM

Comments

Mubarak; a dictator who's betting on the right horse. I pray Bashar does not catch Khaddafi's wisdom...

Posted by: Jeha at March 15, 2007 02:33 PM

You're doing good and important work. The news isn't always good, but it's got to be told, and bloggers can be counted on more than the media agencies, apparently.

Keep yourself safe as much as you can.

Posted by: hiraethin at March 15, 2007 11:36 PM

According to the NYT, Lebanon is officially harboring a Qaeda-like terrorist group.

"Maj. Gen. Achraf Rifi, general director of Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces, says the government does not have authority to enter a Palestinian camp — even though Mr. Abssi is now wanted in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria on terrorism charges."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/world/middleeast/16jihad.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1

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