Archive for March, 2007



Kefaya activists in Alexandria have called for a sit-in, to protest Mubarak’s dictatorial constitutional amendments, on Monday 26 March, at Manshiya Square, from 9am to 5pm.

Egyptian activists in New York City are organizing a demonstration against Mubarak’s dictatorial constitutional amendments, Monday 26 March, in front of the Egyptian Consulate, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm.

The Egyptian Consulate in NYC is located at 1110 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
For more information, contact Shehab Fakhry: shehabfakhry [at] yahoo [dot] com,
917-392-9408

Expected…
The spokesperson for the US State Department has said that Egypt is undergoing a “process of political reform” but offered no position regarding the upcoming referendum on constitutional amendments.
“You have to put this in the wider context of political and economic reform in Egypt,” McCormack said in response to questions about the speed of the [...]




From Al-Jazeera…
The United Nations secretary-general has been shocked by a huge explosion in Baghdad’s secure Green Zone during an unannounced visit to Iraq.
Ban Ki-Moon was unharmed when a suspected rocket landed outside the office of Nuri al-Maliki, the prime minister, during a joint news conference on Thursday.
Small pieces of debris could be seen falling from [...]

From Al-Jazeera…
A UN human rights envoy has likened Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in occupied territory to “apartheid”, and said that failure to tackle the situation will make it hard to solve abuses elsewhere.
John Dugard, a UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, made his remarks to the UN Human Rights Council on [...]

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The Daily Star Egypt covered the talk I moderated at the Center for Socialist Studies last Sunday. You can click on the pic below, taken by Manal Hassan, to read the report.

I thought however I’d clarify more what Maram was referring to in the following paragraph in her report:
The same sentiments were echoed by [...]

I still do not have full information, but it seems around 10:30am Central Security Forces have stormed the neighborhood of Qale’t el-Kabsh in Sayyeda Zeinab, and clashed with the citizens, reportedly using tear gas and rubber bullets.
There are unconfirmed reports that at least one citizen died. Seventeen citizens were injured, as well as three police [...]

Egyptians in London will demonstrate in front of the Egyptian Embassy, Monday 26 March, from 12pm to 3pm, to protest Mubarak’s authoritarian constitutional amendments.

The Embassy is located: 26 South Street, London W1K 1DW




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