Aanleiding is een Chemische fabriek in Damietta dat direct naast de bebouwde kom is gebouwd. Het zorgt voor veel pollutie en de mensen hadden al heel vaak geprotesteerd om dit te laten verhuizen.quote:Op zondag 13 november 2011 11:28 schreef Drifter__ het volgende:
Ook in Damietta is het al een paar uur onrustig. Schijnen inmiddels al 2 doden zijn gevallen. Nog niet bevestigd. Aanleiding is mij niet bekend.
quote:Egyptian protesters killed in clashes with security forces
Egypt sees violence escalate as protests against ruling military junta spread beyond Cairo and Alexandria
Clashes between Egyptian security forces and protesters have left at least two civilians dead, following major demonstrations across the country.
In Damietta, a port town where the Nile meets the Mediterranean, the army used force to break up mass protests on Sunday which had brought the city to a standstill for several days. Local news reports indicated that at least two protesters were killed and 11 others injured during the violence. Witnesses told the Guardian that the death toll was considerably higher, but this could not be independently confirmed.
"The situation is very dangerous," said Shaaban ElBadahy, a teacher in Damietta. "Protesters have closed off all the ports and roads in the district and no one can enter or leave the city."
Residents were protesting against newly unveiled plans to expand the production of fertiliser in the area. An existing US-Canadian factory has been blamed for a series of environmental disasters including the depletion of local fish stocks, but its owners insist that they meet all relevant safety standards.
In Aswan, police used teargas against protesters angry over the killing of a local boat captain, who was shot dead by a police officer following an argument last week. Amid claims that protesters might try and shut down the power supply running from the Aswan dam to the rest of the country, the authorities declared a curfew and stepped up the security presence in Egypt's southern-most city.
The latest wave of violence adds further pressure on the military junta ahead of this month's parliamentary elections, with opposition to the ruling generals seemingly beginning to spread beyond Cairo and Alexandria and into rural areas.
On Sunday military prosecutors renewed the detention of two high-profile political prisoners, triggering further protests in the capital.
Alaa Abd El Fattah, a leading revolutionary figurehead, had his detention renewed for a further 15 days, meaning it is likely he will miss the birth of his first child who is due imminently. Maikel Nabil, a blogger who has now been on hunger strike for over 80 days, had his retrial adjourned to 27 November 27th and will remain in jail until then.
On Sunday evening demonstrators gathered at Cairo's Qasr el-Nil bridge over the Nile to express their rejection of the junta. The bridge was the location for one of the most significant street battles between protesters and police during the anti-Mubarak uprising earlier this year, and has become synonymous with revolutionary victory by the people over the security forces.
Nee, de eerste is pas halverwegequote:Op zondag 13 november 2011 22:10 schreef waht het volgende:
Egypte heeft nog een tweede revolutie nodig blijkbaar.
Zo kan je het ook zien.quote:Op zondag 13 november 2011 22:33 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:
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Nee, de eerste is pas halverwege
Ik kom op de Sociaal Democraten.quote:Op maandag 14 november 2011 19:14 schreef Drifter__ het volgende:
HILVERSUM - De Arabische afdeling van Radio Nederland Wereldomroep heeft een online 'Kieskompas' uitgebracht voor de parlementsverkiezingen in Egypte. De site, die samen met de Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam is ontwikkeld, helpt stemgerechtigden uit te zoeken welke partij het meest overeenkomt met hun standpunten.
Na de politieke omwentelingen in Egypte en het gedwongen vertrek van president Hosni Mubarak worden er vanaf 28 november in etappes vrije verkiezingen gehouden in Egypte. Het doel van het Kieskompas is om de betrokkenheid van Egyptische kiezers te stimuleren en hen te ondersteunen bij het maken van hun politieke keuze.
Lokale universiteiten
De vragen en standpunten zijn samen met een team van Egyptische politieke wetenschappers opgesteld op basis van officile documenten en uitgesproken standpunten van de politieke partijen of uitspraken van hun leiders. De Wereldomroep en de VU werken voor het Kieskompas in Egypte samen met verschillende lokale mediapartners en universiteiten, zoals Al Jazeera, Al Hayat-TV, Cairo University en American University Cairo.
Het Kieskompas is onafhankelijk en heeft geen enkele band met een partij, kandidaat of overheid. Het van oorsprong Nederlandse Kieskompas is al in 34 landen gebruikt, waaronder Turkije, Canada en recent in Tunesi en Marokko.
Het Kieskompas is vanaf vandaag te vinden via www.bosala.org
http://www.rnw.nl/nederla(...)en-kieskompas-egypte
Opbouw van het podiumquote:We are all Khaled Said
Tomorrow Friday, there will be a large march from Mostafa Mahmoud Square in Cairo to Tahrir Square. The march has one and only demand: “Egyptians want an elected president right after the upcoming general elections”. The march is in response to the ruling Military council decision to do the presidential elections after the constitution is written (under their authority). Our demand is that presidential elections should be carried out straight after the general elections that are due to start this month. We should not wait for the constitution is written under the supervision of the military council. It should be written under elected parliament and president… Support our demands. Click like, share this event invitation and let everybody know.
The march will arrive in Tahrir and will join those already protesting in Tahrir against the military council decision to stay in power during writing the constitution and trying to have a special position for the army in the new constitution.
twitter:palyouthvoice twitterde op zaterdag 19-11-2011 om 15:29:30Live coverage of the #SCAF attack on protesters in Egypt now!! #Tahrir http://t.co/eTo0DAmB reageer retweet
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