This video from Canada is called Toronto Solidarity Picket for Egyptian Workers - Apr. 11/08.
By Sherif Mansour, Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service:
Right now, the Egyptian government is considering blocking Facebook, the social networking website that has become a popular hangout for twentysomethings worldwide and a favourite venue for Egypt’s disaffected youth. The reason: In April, one group of young citizens mobilised 80,000 supporters to protest rising food prices. Facebook networking played a crucial role in broadening support and turnout for an April 6 textile workers’ strike and protest.See also here.The Egyptian government, which has governed for 25 years under emergency law and doesn’t allow more than five people to gather unregistered, hit back hard, jailing young dissidents and torturing Ahmad Maher, a young activist who tried, unsuccessfully, to organise a second demonstration in early May. Despite these setbacks, the “Facebook movement” in Egypt is significant for several reasons. First, it challenges the perception that there is no prospect for independent, secular opposition in the country. The majority of Egyptians are under 30 and have known no ruler other than Mubarak. They have not seen real political parties because the government has long restricted opposition parties and free media. The Facebook movement engaged large numbers of youth for the first time.
Egyptian detainees accuse state of torture: here.
While pro-democracy protests in Iran top the news agenda, similar tensions in Egypt pass unreported: here.
Turkish courts impose ban on YouTube: here.
Migrant worker shot at border
Egypt: An Egyptian security official has said that border guards shot and killed an African migrant as he tried to cross the border into Israel.
Hundreds of Africans seeking political asylum and jobs try to cross into Israel every year, often with the help of Bedouin traffickers.
Amnesty International said that at least 26 migrants were killed along the border between mid-2007 and August 2008.
The security official said that the migrant, whose nationality was not known, refused to surrender after guards fired warning shots to stop him earlier today.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/world/world_in_brief__93
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