28th Jan. 2011 - Storyful - Kasr Al Nile Bridge clashes Egypt Egyptian Clashes Police Cairo Mubarak. Columbus, Ohio demonstrations for Egypt. 10,915 kilometers away and the cries for bread, freedom, and dignity are still heard loud and clear.
On Friday the 28th, demonstrators around the USA are showing their support for the Egyptian Revolution of January 25, 2011. Here, in Columbus, Ohio, in front of the Wexner Center for the Arts, it is no different. People from all around the world, whether locals from the USA, the Middle East or elsewhere, showed their support by picking up signs and stating their minds. Egyptian transfer student Maher Elsayed exclaims, “I’m happy with what is going on in Egypt! Even I cannot be there, I still want to do my part; even if it is this little.” The founder of the Facebook event Imaan Hossam that started the demonstration in Columbus says, “There is no organization behind the event, just private individuals who sincerely wish to support the brave men and women of Egypt who are risking their lives to end tyranny.
This is not the first demonstration of support from the Ohio State area. Ghorab - Protest at Gzia on 28/1 - TwitVid. Major Muslim TV preacher Amr Khaled heads for Cairo. L’Égypte coupe l’accès à Internet Arbor Networks Depuis hier soir, les quatre principaux fournisseurs d’accès à Internet -Link Egypt, Vodafone/Raya, Telecom Egypt et Etisalat Misr – ne répondent plus.
Égypte : Moubarak appelle l'armée en renfort. Le président Hosni Moubarak s'est adressé à la nation vendredi soir.
Photo : AFP/EGYPTIAN TV Le président égyptien Hosni Moubarak annonce la formation, dès samedi, d'un nouveau gouvernement pour tenter d'apaiser la tension après des heurts qui ont fait 20 morts, vendredi. Déterminé à assurer la stabilité du pays, il a promis des réformes pour améliorer la situation socio-économique et politique des Égyptiens. ALERTE - Egypte: siège de la Sûreté de l'Etat attaqué à Rafah, 3 policiers tués. Egypte : Tweeter depuis les toits · Global Voices. Ce billet fait partie de notre dossier sur les manifestations en Egypte La Twittosphère égyptienne réunie autour du mot clé #jan25 déborde d'informations sur les manifestations en cours.
Pour les observateurs, les toits sont devenus le lieu d'observation privilégié. A Suez, Ian Lee (@ianinegypt) illustre cette situation : Je tourne des vidéos depuis les toits, trop dangereux d'être dans la rue pour les étrangers. Il y a des milliers de gens. #jan25 #suez Beaucoup de tweets du fil #jan25 sont publiés en anglais, ce qui laisse à penser que l'anglais est utilisé pour amplifier les informations auprès des médias internationaux, plutôt que pour s'organiser sur le terrain. Les médias sociaux, en offrant eux aussi une perspective “depuis les toits”, sont une métaphore de cette situation.
Le tweet de Jailan El-Rafie reflète cette stratégie. Soulèvement en Égypte : Obama exhorte Moubarak à tenir ses promesses. Barack Obama Photo : AFP/Tim Sloan Alors que l'Égypte est en proie à une insurrection sans précédent, le président Barack Obama exhorte le président Hosni Moubarak à tenir ses promesses de réformes économiques et politiques.
Washington menace aussi de revoir son aide au Caire. Live updates: Egypt protests on 'Angry Friday' #Jan28. Egypt Video: The Uprising of 28 January. Egypt protests: America's secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising. Egypt supporters rally worldwide - Europe. Demonstrations are taking place around the world in a show of unity with protesters fighting for political change in Egypt.
In Turkey between 200 and 400 protesters held a demonstration outside the Fatih Mosque in central Istanbul after Friday prayers to lend their voices to the Egyptian cause. Anita McNaught, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Turkey, said the mosque had become a focal point for activism since Israeli commandos raided a Turkish ship headed to Gaza last year. "It is very much the organisations that we saw rise to prominence following the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara that have taken on the streets today to lend their voices in solidarity with the Egyptians," she said.
A simultaneous rally of about 50 people was also held in Ankara, the Turkish capital, where up to 50 people gathered outside the Egyptian embassy. Tunisian solidarity Abdullah Ali, a 26-year-old demonstrator at the rally in London, told Al Jazeera they were asking for "free democratic elections". Egypt (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Black Hole or Another Day of Revolution. 0336 GMT: So there is a 13-hour curfew imposed in Egypt, right?
What that means is that people should remain at home, there shouldn't be any gatherings and police should be in-charge of the street. Instead, the police are missing and people are swarming through the capital Cairo. The situation is made worse by opportunistic looters. Several people in Egypt are reporting that shopkeepers are gathering relatives and friends to protect their businesses from looters in isolated areas of the city. Does that make sense? 0307 GMT: And now the mother of all disclosures? The Daily Telegraph quotes a Wikileaks diplomatic dispatch with the following story: Read the full story on the Daily Telegraph here.