Today on the net, activists condemn a new law restricting public protests in Egypt. The home of South African president Jacob Zuma at the centre of controversy. And an interactive web documentary looking at Canada’s oil industry and its impact.
Prominent activists detained in Egypt
These Egyptian activists gathered in Cairo on Tuesday, to protest against the provision in the new constitution that would allow military trials for civilians. It was an unauthorized demonstration and as we can see from these images posted online by the Mosireen activists collective, it was soon dispersed by riot police armed with water canons.
And so the authorities are proving they intend to firmly enforce a new law that all but bans streets protests in Egypt. There were other rallies staged in the capital that day and they were also repressed, with dozens of protesters being arrested by police. There were a number of prominent activists and key figures of the 2011 revolution among them including female blogger Mona Seif.
The wave of arrests has been met with widespread condemnation on social networks, with web users relaying calls to let the detained protesters go. A handful of activists, including Salma Said were indeed released on Tuesday evening, but they were released on a road, in the middle of the desert, 40 kilometers away from Cairo.
Web user Amr Magdi says these practices are reminiscent of the repressive Mubarak era. A number of revolutionaries have taken to Twitter denouncing a return to authoritarianism and criticizing the ruling military tasked with managing the transition process since the ouster of Mohammed Morsi.
South Africa : controversy over Jacob Zuma’s house
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