Free Talk Live - Egypt

Violence flares after Egypt election results

ecigarettes — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:22:17 +0000

CAIRO - A mob set fire late Monday to the campaign headquarters of one of the two Egyptian presidential politicians facing each other in a runoff that will decide a new leader after last year's popular uprising, the first sign of unrest after the voting yielded divisive candidates. The attack on Ahmed Shafiq's office came just hours after the country's election commission announced that he would face the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, Mohammed Morsi, in a June 16-17 runoff.

Angry crowd turns on journalists reporting embassy attack in Egypt

mrtruth — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:00:21 +0000

An angry crowd lingering near the Israeli embassy in Cairo after an attack on the building a day earlier turned on journalists reporting the incident Saturday, accusing at least one of being an Israeli spy.

Symptoms of a Police State?

endtheillusion — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:24:47 +0000

Our nation’s founding fathers understood well how governments can become coercive and self serving, so they were very careful to include a Bill of Rights into our constitution to prevent this. The most fundamental of these rights is the belief that holds that a person is innocent until proven guilty. The Sixth Amendment was written to give the accused the right to a “speedy trial” and the Eighth Amendment was written to prohibit excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.

Egyptian flock to buy previously banned books

Renniks — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:30:15 +0000

Among the several changes that are currently taking place in Egypt after the January 25 revolution and the subsequent ouster of the regime is the release of several books previously banned during the rule of former President Hosni Mubarak. Thousands of books that were banned during the time of Mubarak for their criticism of the regime are currently available, said Essam, a bookstore owner.

Egypt Attempts to Calm Protesters by Giving Bureaucrats Raises

celestrion — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:31:36 +0000

Acknowledging the riots and protests that have all but shut down Egypt for the past two weeks, the Egyptian government have caved to popular demands and given head bureaucrats 15% pay raises. Wait, what?

Egypt: Civilian patrols form to fight looters after police vanish

brill — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:06:05 +0000

How would the police be handled in a free society without government? The people of Egypt are giving us a glimpse.