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According to a message sent out by Gad on the Jaiku instant messaging service on Feb. 3, he had taken part in a protest calling for the release of secretary general of the Labor Party Magdy Hussein with Ghad Party member Hossam Shehata outside the Cairo p

According to a message sent out by Gad on the Jaiku instant messaging service on Feb. 3, he had taken part in a protest calling for the release of secretary general of the Labor Party Magdy Hussein with Ghad Party member Hossam Shehata outside the Cairo p

Activists, teachers, and students gathered outside the public prosecutor's office in downtown Cairo today to demand the release of Philip Rizk, who was detained by state security yesterday after a police crackdown on a solidarity March for Gaza.

In Chicago, about 40 people gathered outside the Egyptian consulate on North Michigan to support Rizk, a Cairo resident who graduated from Wheaton College in 2004.

Philip Rizk, a 26-year-old student of Middle Eastern studies at the American University in Cairo, was detained Friday and his whereabouts is unknown, said anti-torture activist Aida Seif El Dawla.

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

I spoke with his sister, and the family are traumatized...!

Photos by Per..

Photos by Per..