I received those tweets from Nora… and here is a report by Sarah Carr…
A protest planned to take place in front of the People’s Assembly was banned yesterday by state security bodies.
According to Hesham Fouad, a member of the Freedoms Committee of the Journalists’ Syndicate, the protest was planned by the Committee for the Defense [...]

I’ve just received news from a Socialist source in Cairo saying detained Ghazl el-Mahalla hungerstrikers Kamal el-Foyumi and Tarek Amin were also transferred to the Bourg el-Arab prison hospital after their health deteriorated… I still don’t have more details about when exactly were they transferred, but their health (and Kareem’s who was transfered earlier) is [...]

Kamal el-Fayoumi, Tarek Amin and Kareem el-Beheiri have started a hungerstrike in Bourg el-Arab Prison demanding their release…
There will be a protest in solidarity with the detainees in front of Dar el-Qadaa el-3ali, downtown Cairo, 14 May 12 noon…

I’ve just received this message from a journalist friend in Cairo three minutes ago…
GOVERNMENT ABOUT TO RAISE PRICES ON CAR FUEL!! ALL KINDS!!! ALSO CIGARETTES, CAR LICENSING FEES, ETC. PARLIAMENT DISCUSSING LIVE ON TV, AHMED EZZ ANNOUNCING DECISIONS, BROTHERHOOD AND INDEPENDENTS ALMOST RIOTING IN ASSEMBLY, TRYING TO SHOUT EZZ DOWN, FATHI SUROUR TRYING TO SHUT [...]

I’ve just received news that MB blogger and friend Abdel Moneim Mahmoud has been stopped at the Cairo International airport, by Mubarak’s State Security pigs, on his way to Morocco to participate in a conference on press freedom. He remains detained in the State Security office in the airport as of time of writing…

UPDATE: Moneim [...]

I received the following message…
Egyptian police attack Nadim doctors inside Kafr EL Dawwar court house
Police assault Dr. Magda Adly (resulting in cut wound and possible dislocation of shoulder), attempt to steal her handbag and destroy Dr. Mona Hamed’s car
Aggressor admits he acted upon orders of chief investigative officer Ahmed Maklad
El Nadim center had released a [...]

I spoke with a Socialist source and a human rights lawyer in Cairo. The two confirmed that the following have been issued a detention decree by General Habib el-Adly, Mubarak’s Interior Minister, and were transferred from Mahalla’s local State Security bureau to Bourg el-Arab Prison in Alexandria:
Kamal Mohamed el-Sayyed el-Fayoumi, Ghazl el-Mahalla worker
Tarek Abdel Hamid [...]

Blogger Mohamed el-Sharqawi has been released around noon today… I couldn’t get thru to him or his fiance Naira, but I spoke with Amr and Malek few mins ago, and they both confirmed it. According to them, Sharqawi was not abused in custody this time, but his health is in a poor state since he [...]

Although prosecutor ordered the release of leftist blogger Mohamed el-Sharqawi, he’s still in police custody. Sharqawi was moved from el-Marg Prison to State Security’s HQ in Lazoughli sometime between 10 and 10:30am. The Prison truck that transfered him left downtown Cairo empty around 7pm. This means Sharqawi is still inside Lazoughli or has been moved [...]

I received news around an hour ago, that the Tanta Prosecutor has ordered the release of a number of Mahalla detainees, including the 11 detained Ghazl el-Mahalla labor activists. Among those are our Kamal el-Fayoumi, Kareem el-Beheiry, and Tarek el-Senoussi…
Here’s also report from Tadamon about the recent release orders…
The Center for Socialist Studies issued a [...]

Police stopped a solidarity caravan from Cairo, that was carrying medical supplies, blankets and food for the Mahalla detainees and their families, on the outskirts of the town. It seems earlier the police also stole the car of activist Cairo U prof Dr. Manal Abdel Moneim, according to a phone call I received from an [...]

US photojournalist and friend James Buck has been arrested two minutes ago in Mahalla, where families of detainees are staging a hungerstrike demanding the release of their loved ones from the custody of Mubarak’s pigs…
6:25PM: James is in Mahalla’s 1st Police Station, where many young men and children had been detained and abused since Sunday [...]

12:00pm: I’ve just spoken with a labor activist inside Ghazl el-Mahalla compound…
No street clashes and the town is quiet since last night. And also today it is quiet. Production is going on in the factory. But there are tensions in the air, as everybody is waiting to see if the people [the detainees] get released…
Earlier, [...]

The Textile Workers’ League activists Kamal el-Fayoumi and Kareem el-Beheiri, as well as a number of the Mahalla detainees, are currently undergoing interrogation at the Tanta Prosecutor’s Office. I have a report from an activist, which I couldn’t confirm yet, that Kareem was subject to severe beatings in police custody. The activist I spoke with [...]

The initial news I’m getting from Mahalla is not good… Looks like the strike has been aborted.. The company compound is under police siege.. The Central Security Forces are surrounding the factory… Most gates have been shut down earlier by the police to control the flow of workers in and out of the factory… Inside [...]