Egypt: Thugs, Salafists and death in Cairo
Eyewitness account of clashes that have left at least 20 dead… At least twenty people were killed and more than 160 injured near Egypt’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) on May 2 after protesters demanding an end to military rule were attacked by armed men. The protestors had been conducting a sit-in over a period [...]
Egypt’s revolution has been quite a ride for Mubarak’s former right hand man… It has been a dramatic few weeks in Egyptian politics. On April 6, 2012, Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s former vice president and intelligence chief,announced his candidacy for president. Omar Suleiman is considered by many Egyptians to be part of the counter-revolution, one of the [...]
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The once illegal and secretive brotherhood is courting the West as power looms in Egypt… The Muslim Brotherhood has recently given approval to a $3.2bn loan from the IMF, despite deep misgivings about dealing with the organisation. The Brotherhood spent 80 years as an underground organisation, with many of its leaders spending time in [...]
Continue reading …The Egyptian Interior Ministry in Cairo has been besieged for a second day following the worst football violence in the country’s history, that left 74 dead.
Continue reading …At least 74 people have died, and more than 1,000 have been injured during violence at a football match in Port Said. Deaths followed a match between Masry and al-Ahly, which Masry unexpectedly won 3-1 Egyptian fans have a notorious reputation for violence, however this episode is the most deadly in the country’s history Fans [...]
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Tahrir Square swelled again on the anniversary of Egypt’s uprising, as military rulers continue to hold onto draconian powers… The Egyptian military’s announcement on January 24, 2012, that it will lift the state of emergency except in cases of “thuggery” is an invitation to continued abuse, Alkarama and Human Rights Watch said today. [...]
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One year on, the time is right to ask whether the Arab Spring as a movement has been successful… It is of course much too early to affirm or deny this conclusively, but one year on shouldn’t we at least be able to grope our way towards a definition of what would constitute [...]
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British writer Lucy Emmerson blogs from Cairo on events taking place in post-revolution Egypt… Over the past weekend Downtown Cairo has once again borne witness to scenes of disgusting military violence leaving 10 dead and over 430 wounded. Despite attempts by security forces to confiscate all cameras in the area, several instances of [...]
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