Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Mubarak and Gaza

[Students and faculty members of the American University in Cairo on Sunday protested the detention of a demonstrator. (Shawn Baldwin for The New York Times)]

The NYT:


CAIRO - State security came for Philip Rizk on Friday night. He had just finished a six-mile protest walk with about 15 friends to raise support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip when he was detained for hours and then hustled into an unmarked van and driven off. He has not been seen or heard from since....

On Sunday, about 50 students and faculty members at the American University in Cairo's campus held a small demonstration calling on the authorities to release Mr. Rizk. The signs they held up said, "Where is Philip?"

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