Latest in Tag: Suez Highlight
Latest in Tag: Suez
One killed in Suez oil fire
By AP CAIRO: One person died and 24 were injured in Suez during a fire that raged for nearly 20 hours in the storage facilities of an oil company, local police chief Adel Refaat said. Bashir Saad Bashir, 32, was driving a fire truck to help with putting out the fire when he was caught …
Lawyer calls on judges in Suez case to step down
ByĀ Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The trial of 14 defendants involved in killing protesters in Suez during the January 2011 uprising was adjourned to April 11 as civil society lawyer and father of martyr Islam El-Geneidy called on the panel of judges to step down. After Thursdayās hearing, El-Geneidy told Daily News Egypt that these judges were …
Fire at Egypt oil refinery kills 4 workers
By AP SUEZ, Egypt: The director of an oil refinery says four of his Egyptian workers died as they tried to put out a huge fire that erupted at the plant’s complex in the port city of Suez. Reda Abdel-Samad says the floor on which the men were standing collapsed as the fire raged in …
Workers, military police clash in Egypt canal city
By AFP CAIRO: Clashes broke out on Tuesday between workers at an industrial free zone in the Egyptian canal city of Ismailia and military police in which 38 people were injured, witnesses and medics told AFP. At least 5,000 workers from the Ismailia Public Free Zone, where 80 factories produce textiles and leather, had tried …
Suez to hold a peoples’ trial for accused police officers
ByĀ Marwa Al-A’asar CAIRO: Suez residents will hold on Saturday July 23 a parallel peoplesā trial in the main El-Arbaein Square for the police officers accused of using live ammunition against peaceful protesters during the January 25 uprising that toppled the Egyptian regime. “Deputy head of the Court of Cassation Mahmoud El-Khodairy will be the presiding …
Protesters end sit-in near Suez Canal, gather at El-Arbaein
By Marwa Al-A’asar CAIRO: Suez protesters on Thursday ended their open sit-in near the Suez Canal waterway and control office in Port Tawfik, continuing the ones in El-Arbaein Square and in front of the local municipality building for the 11th consecutive day. Protesters, meanwhile, vowed to escalate the situation after four demonstrators who had earlier …
Suez protesters continue sit-in for 10th day, despite vendetta clashes
ByĀ Marwa Al-A’asar CAIRO: Suez protesters continued on Wednesday their sit-in in the main El-Arbaein Square for the tenth consecutive day, saying they wonāt leave until their demands were entirely met. Mass protests and sit-ins swept through the city since July 4 when a criminal court released on bail seven police officers charged with killing and …
Thousands hold open sit-ins in Suez, Alexandria
ByĀ Marwa Al-A’asar CAIRO: Thousands protested on Tuesday in Suez and Alexandria parallel to a sit-in in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, denouncing the two speeches of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf and the ruling army council. In Suez, thousands gathered in the main El-Arbaein Square, dubbed by citizens the Martyrs Square, and began marching to the Suez Canal …
Suez protesters push for Tuesday protests, promise ‘surprise escalation’
ByĀ Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Protesters in Suez are calling for a million-man protest on Tuesday, echoing calls by Tahrir Square protesters, but also promising “surprising escalation measures not to be declared now,” member of the Suez Revolution Youth Coalition Ahmed Abdel Gawad told Daily News Egypt Monday. “We are already protesting in front of the …
Military police disperse Suez protest by force
ByĀ Marwa Al-A’asar CAIRO: Military police on Sunday forcefully dispersed a sit-in by thousands of Suez protesters blocking the Suez-Ain Sokhna desert road, reportedly detaining a number of them, Suez Revolution Coalition member Ahmed Abdel-Gawad said. “The forces first fired in the air then clashed with protesters using electric shock prods when the protesters attempted to …
Shutting down Suez Canal would be a serious economic threat, say experts
CAIRO: Fear that protesters in Suez will disrupt the flow of maritime traffic in the Suez Canal were dispelled Sunday by director of the Suez Canal Authority Ahmed Al Manakhly in a phone in to a state TV program, when he said that despite demonstrations and sit-ins, traffic in the waterway is moving regularly, Egynews.net …
Court upholds release of Suez police officers on bail
By Marwa Al-A’asar CAIRO: The Suez Criminal Court upheld Wednesday the release on bail of seven police officers charged with killing and injuring peaceful protester, rejecting an earlier request by the prosecutor general to revoke the decision. The court order stirred the outrage of the hundreds of protesters, including martyrs’ families, who attempted to break …
Outrage in Suez after policemen accused of killing protesters released on bail
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The Suez Criminal Court released on bail 14 defendants charged with the murder and attempted murder of peaceful protesters, causing outrage on Monday among Suez residents who demanded justice for the martyrs. Bail was set at LE 10,000 for each defendant, including 10 police officers, and the case was adjourned to …
Suez residents hold popular trial for ex-governor
By Marwa Al-A’asar CAIRO: About 5,000 residents of Suez governorate held a popular trial Friday afternoon for former governor Mohamed Seif Eddin Galal, according to activist Abel-Aziz Kamel. Residents of the area have accused Galal of allegedly being responsible for killing anti-regime protesters during the first days of the January 25 Revolution, as well as …
Violent clashes in Suez, police station set on fire
By Marwa Al-A’asar SUEZ, Egypt: Around 1,000 demonstrators clashed with security forces in Al-Arbeen Square and Al-Geish Street in the northern city of Suez Thursday, protesting the security’s alleged use of live ammunition during earlier protests which killed four people. A police station was set on fire as families of the victims who died in …