Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Egypt detained members rally in support of Hamas.

SyuzhetyVoennaya Israeli operation in the sector Gaza12.01.2009Iran threatened to keep Hamas out of money and oruzhiyaKommentariiMarsh serdobolnyh12.01.2009V European countries have passed anti demonstratsiiEgipetskaya January 12, police detained 64 people - participants and organizers of the rally in support of Hamas in the city of Damanhour, reports Reuters.
17 people were detained and questioned by police before the rally. At the time of the speech, collected 10 thousand protesters were detained another 47 people.
According to witnesses, had been detained longer - about a hundred people.
Damanhour, located 135 kilometers from Cairo, is the unofficial center of the large opposition movement Egypt - Muslim Brotherhood.
Activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt officially banned since 1954 after its members carried out the assassination attempt on President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Despite this, the Muslim Brotherhood, are actively involved in the political life of the country, and even elected to parliament as independent candidates or lists of other parties.
Over the past 17 days in Egypt took a series of statements against Israel's shelling of the Gaza Strip. Participants also criticized the protests, the Egyptian Government for refusing to open its border with the Gaza Strip.

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