Egyptian Protests Escalate
Al Jazeera English is curating social media related to the large-scale protests that began in Egypt on January 25 and have left two civilians and a police officer dead. Thousands of citizens across the country have called for Tunisia-style ouster of president Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's president for the past three decades.
- BBC journalists prepare for coverage: A helmet, goggles and a video camera mounted to the top.
- Protesters climbing on a water cannon truck are thrown to the ground as it speeds by.
- Protesters in the industrial Nile Delta city of Mahalla tear down a poster of president Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday.
- Stunning images of lone Egyptians taking on ranks of riot police.
صورة للشرطة المصرية وهي تعتقل مقرر لجنة الحريات المدنية وعضو مجلس نقابة الصحافة محمد عبد القدوس #Jan25
صورة للشرطة المصرية وهي تعتقل مقرر لجنة الحريات المدنية وعضو مجلس نقابة الصحافة محمد عبد القدوس #Jan25- Rough translation of the below photo: "Oh the so-mighty army is afraid of the one Cairene."
Egypt Jan 25 Protests curated by @meedanSo this is what the protests in Egypt look like so far: http://twitpic.com/3t823s لنقلل من التحديثات حول التواجد الامني-اوكي - عرفنا ان عندكم امن مركزي يا داخلية- برضه اليوم حايتم ومش حنخاف #Jan25 #Jan25 #Egypt #EGYREVOLT #FreeEgyptأنباء عن مداهمة الامن لمقر اجتماع مصريات من أجل التغير وتحطيم الشقة والاستيلاء على جهاز الكمبيوتر CandaceHetchler I'm with you Egypt, this day is yours RT @gamaleid If you are a free citizen anywhere in the world, Support Freedom for #Egypt today #Jan25 يا ترى ايه اللى هيحصل فيكى انهاردة يا مصر؟....ربنا يستر #Jan25 #Egypt ircpresident الأمن اغلق باب العماره الكائن بها مقر حزب...Central Security takes a look at today's headlines in dtwn #Cairo. #Jan25 #Egypt
Central Security takes a look at today's headlines in dtwn #Cairo. #Jan25 #EgyptAl-Ahram includes frontpage story about "chocolate and flowers" for Police on Police Day. Odd, those stones didn't look like flowers. #Jan24
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bencnnCairo: Reports of a few very small gatherings in various parts of city. I havent seen them myself. No focus yet. Its early.
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ITwitius- Twitter confirmed on Tuesday evening that it's services had been blocked in Egypt as of 6 pm, Cairo time. The block was affecting Twitter.com and applications.
We can confirm that Twitter was blocked in Egypt around 8am PT today. It is impacting both Twitter.com & applications. (1/2)
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twitterglobalpr2011 Egyptian protests - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Khaled Mohamed Saeed holding up a tiny, flailing, stone-faced Hosni Mubarak Demonstrations, riots, self-immolation At least 100 protestors were injured in Cairo alone The are a continuing series of street demonstrations taking place throughout Egypt from January 2011 onwards, with organisers counting on the Tunisian uprising to inspire the crowds to mobilize. The demonstrations and riots were reported to have started over police brutality, State of emergency laws, unemployment, desire to raise the minimum wage, lack of housing, food inflation, corruption, lack of freedom of speech and poor living conditions. The protests main goal is...
