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Loaded-up and trucking, Gaza bound
Egypt
January 7, 2010
Loaded-up and trucking, Gaza bound
After waiting and protesting in the Arish Port for the past two days, most of the Viva Palestina Convoy activists…
Egypt, Hamas exchange fire on Gaza frontier; 1 dead
Egypt
January 6, 2010
Egypt, Hamas exchange fire on Gaza frontier; 1 dead
An Egyptian soldier was killed and four Palestinians were wounded in a gun battle on Wednesday during a protest against…
Hours of detention
Egypt
December 29, 2009
Hours of detention
Al-Masry Al-Youm journalist Jano Charbel was detained by security forced last night as he was covering the pro-Gaza demonstrations. The…
Gaza Freedom March perseveres
Egypt
December 28, 2009
Gaza Freedom March perseveres
The Gaza Freedom March (GFM) made its presence known in Downtown Cairo Yesterday. A group of around 700 activists, reportedly…
Police raid home of prominent blogger
Egypt
December 13, 2009
Police raid home of prominent blogger
The family home of prominent Egyptian blogger Wael Abbas was raided and searched by plainclothes police while the activist was…
Candlelight vigil snuffed out by bureaucracy
Egypt
December 12, 2009
Candlelight vigil snuffed out by bureaucracy
The candlelight vigil scheduled to be held at the Cairo Opera House this Saturday has been canceled due to a…
Truth and secrets: The Sadat assassination trial 24 years on
Egypt
December 6, 2009
Truth and secrets: The Sadat assassination trial 24 years on
The confiscation by State Security this week of a recently-deceased judge’s personal diaries and court documents has reignited debate about…
Daqahlia locals protest lack of security
Egypt
December 2, 2009
Daqahlia locals protest lack of security
Scores of people staged demonstrations Wednesday in front of the local police station in the village of Al-Aziza in Daqahlia,…
Son of Jihad trial judge detained incommunicado
Egypt
December 1, 2009
Son of Jihad trial judge detained incommunicado
There has been further public reaction against the confiscation of documents and diaries of Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed, the judge (now…