The absurdity of the situation is beyond all imagination: it is actually less dangerous today to go to stairs of the press syndicate and shout "down with Mubarak" than doing a peaceful march in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Again the security cracked down the march , abducted the activists and also the foreign reporters taking them to ride around Cairo then leaving them either in the desert or at the police stations. Now it is about 1 AM CLT, most of the activists are releas
Documentary film-maker and writer Philip Rizk was kidnapped by state security today, after 15 people including Egyptian and foreign activists and journalists were detained during a solidarity march to Gaza. Everyone except Rizk was released after 4 hours
منعت قوات الأمن عشرات المتظاهرين احتجاجا على اختطاف فيليب رزق من الوصول إلى مكتب النائب العام وحاصرتهم أمام دار القضاء العالي، بينما سمحت فقط بوصول المحامين والشهود
On February 8th, a demonstration will be held outside of the administration building for Philip Rizk. Philip is a Masters student at the AUC, journalist, and activist, abducted on February 6th by Egyptian authorities, violating his freedom of expression.
FIDH also condemned what it said was "harassment" of Rizk's family by both armed and plain-clothed police officials who searched their home without a warrant early Monday.
Police searched the home of a detained German-Egyptian activist in the pre-dawn hours Monday, his sister said, while an international human rights group criticized Egyptian authorities for disregarding legal and judicial procedures in the detention.