| 5,565,158 |
27.18096 |
31.18368 |
Egypt |
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In the southern province of Assiut, private minibus drivers who operate local transportation lines have protested a lack of diesel for the past few days, waiting in a parking lot for hours and threatening to block railroads if diesel is not made available. |
| 5,565,162 |
31.1143 |
30.94012 |
Egypt |
|
Kafr El-Sheikh followed in the footsteps of the canal cities, with its first day of civil disobedience on Tuesday as protesters closed down the governorate building, Tax Authority, and the insurance directorate. A spokesperson for the 6 of April movement (the Ahmed Maher front) in Kafr El-Sheikh, affirmed the protesters' demands and added that they initially took to the streets in solidarity with the residents of Port Said. |
| 5,565,165 |
30.9761 |
31.1669 |
Egypt |
|
Mahalla also witnessed another round of protests, where protesters gathered in front of the city council building calling for civil disobedience. |
| 5,565,168 |
31.25654 |
32.28412 |
Egypt |
|
A strike in Port Said entered its fourth day on Wednesday as Egyptian demonstrators demanding justice for protesters killed by police shrugged off a government pledge to inject money into the canal city. The protesters are demanding justice for at least 40 demonstrators killed in clashes with police in late January after a court sentenced 21 Port Said soccer fans to death over a deadly football riot last year. |
| 5,565,171 |
30.60427 |
32.27225 |
Egypt |
|
In Ismailia protesters gathered on Wednesday morning in front of the governorate building and the city council in solidarity with Port Said. |
| 5,565,175 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
Members of the Awlad Ali tribe protested on Wednesday in front of the Prosecutor General's office, demanding that Judge Ahmed El-Zend, head of Egypt's Judges Club, has his judicial immunity removed. |
| 5,565,179 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
Scores of Copts on Wednesday evening organised a protest inside the Abbasiya Cathedral in Cairo following Pope Tawadros II recent statement to the Middle East newspaper that civil disobedience in pointless. |
| 5,565,182 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
Tens of women gathered on Wednesday in front of the Prosecutor General's office, in the High Court complex, protesting against statements insulting women made by several high profile figures recently.Protesters brandished signs expressing their anger over government policies and stating their demands. They criticised the Shura Council for the recent statements it has made about women, blaming women protesters for sexual harassment and claiming that women should not participate in protests.Shahenda Maqlad, a prominent female activist and the secretary general of the Farmers Union, attended the protest. Maqlad came to prominence after a Morsi supporter was photographed forcibly shutting her mouth during protests at the Itihadiya presidential palace two months ago. |
| 5,565,185 |
31.25654 |
32.28412 |
Egypt |
|
Civil disobedience in Port Said entered the fifth day on Thursday, with popular movements calling for escalations.An Aswat Masriya reporter said that ports remain shut, leading to financial losses that severely affect the already ailing economy of the Middle East's most populous country.Eighty percent of schools in Port Said have suspended their classes where attendance is at 50 percent while many markets are closed and streets are empty. |
| 5,565,188 |
30.60427 |
32.27225 |
Egypt |
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In Al-Isma'iliyah Governorate, political activists continue to encourage civil disobedience near state establishments, schools to demand government's ouster, formation of national salvation government, political guarantees of fair parliamentary elections. Senior Army commander warns that locals would bear costs of any civil disobedience. |
