Journalists and Human Rights Activists Arrested and Beaten In Cairo Crackdown: A Live Report

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Human rights activist Hossam Bahgat reports the military has raided the offices of the Hisham Mubarak Law Center in downtown Cairo, which has been the headquarters for the legal effort to protect the pro-democracy demonstrators. He also says the military has locked down Tahrir Square, turning people away at checkpoints from entering. "The biggest alarm today, is that there seems to be a series attempts by the army itself, for the first time, going after foreign journalists and going after human rights organizations, both Egyptian and foreign," says Bahgat, the executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights. "Without access to Tahrir square we fear the worst is about to happen. It is something that the army does not want anyone from the outside world to witness."

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[SkyDaddy7]

1. Not according to Aljazeera or the ONE MILLION PLUS...

in Tahrir Square...Have not heard about the raids on the human rights organization HQ but I would not doubt that. But as far as the military not allowing folks to enter Tahrir Square that is simply not true.

[Charleston Chew]

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