Dispatches from Cairo #10: Military violence escalates over the weekend

Over the past weekend Downtown Cairo has once again borne witness to scenes of disgusting military violence leaving 10 dead and over 430 wounded. Despite attempts by security forces to confiscate all cameras in the area, several instances of horrific brutality have been caught on video, rendering useless any attempts by the military to deny the claims.

Egyptian Democracy?: Maikel Nabil and SCAF's assault on freedom of speech

This article is also posted on MidEastPosts under the title Egyptian Blogger Jailed: What Sort of Democracy is This?.

While in excess of 12,000 individuals currently languish in military jails, one case in particular has caught the attention of activists and the media alike, causing many to cast a darkly ironic glance at the “free and fair” electoral process currently underway in Egypt.

Maikel Nabil, a Coptic blogger, was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison and fined L.E.200 (around £22) for “insulting the military” in a blog post he published in March entitled “The army and the people were never one hand”.

Dispatches from Cairo #9: Election Results Amid Continuing Sit-In

Over the last week and a half Cairo has been enveloped by a sense of elation, as the population participated in the initial round of voting for the country’s first free and fair elections in over thirty years. On the 28th and 29th of November voters queued across the capital for up to five hours, at times enduring cold and wet conditions. Lines of people sprawled across the city, winding around buildings, and stretching across roads.