Deja Vu Monsieur

Are we going forward or backward? After the semi-success of the JAN25 revolution (I wont say success cause not all demands have been met) all we wanted to see was more good news and less corruption on our way to build a new Egypt. What happened yesterday and today was far from that. Lots of things have happened and I personally lost track at some points during the day but I will try and put things in order and you can judge for yourselves...

Yesterday the families of the martyrs were having a sit in at Maspero to ask for the rights of the martyrs. During that time, some families were having a ceremony at Al-Baloon Theatre in the honor of the martyrs. Suddenly some thugs appeared at Maspero and snatched some posters and signs that had the photos of the martyrs and headed to the theatre. And when the police didnt allow them to enter they started smashing the doors and windows and jumped over the fence. This video shows one lady who is the sister of one of the martyrs as she tells the story of the thugs:

The police at this point attacked the thugs in order to protect the families who were inside the theatre, and all videos shown at this point were of the police protecting the theatre from the thugs. But lots of excessive force was used, which is frowned upon even if that person is a thug. Like this video here:

The action moved to the Ministry of Interior and then on to Tahrir, at these points people got all mixed up like a blender between thugs, activists, families of martyrs, and normal people wanting to take place in the protest. The battle started to include rock throwing, and tear gas which was - surprisingly - recently made in USA and some were labeled May 2011 ! This snippet from the talk show "Baladna Bel Masry" shows this piece of information and was also confirmed by many activists there like Gigi Ibrahim. Which means there was a massive amount of money paid to equip the police :

Even some activists tried to reason with the riot police. We see Alaa AbdelFatah in this video:

This video shows how the riot police were using loudspeakers to provoke the protesters by cursing at them and calling them names and saying they will "kill them all" :

Most media turned a blind eye to this all, even Al-Jazirah who the Egyptian people relied on as their source in news prior to Mubarak's stepping down. Their coverage was a joke, and of course I wont start on the Egyptian national TV. The only channel that was showing an actual view was ONTV. The surprising thing is that Essam Sharaf (The Egyptian PM) himself did not make a single move or appearance! So what happened Mr. Sharaf about your promise in Tahrir that if you didnt fullfil your job you will join the protesters in Tahrir?!

Till this day, officers from the Ministry show up to martyr families homes to offer them money in order to withdraw their lawsuits against the other officers! Nothing is happening and no one is going on trial but the activists and normal people. This is not what we were expecting in the new Egypt.

This is the interview of Reem Maged with 2 of the martyrs' relatives , Alaa AbdulFatah , and Gigi Ibrahim which shows a logical (and some hidden) sequence of the incidents (sorry thats in Arabic only):



I leave you now with a few broadcasts using Bambuser from activists Tarek Shalaby , Ramy Raoof , Emad Mubarak , and others. All in order of sequence from older to newer :

00:30 - 29 June



01:23 AM :



1:46 AM :




2:20 AM :





6:03 AM :



20:42 :



00:20 AM - 30 June in Tahrir :