Egypt

A list of events from yesterday can be found HERE at Ahram Online. It’s in reverse order, though.

This all took me by surprise once I got back to the hotel, and I’m still not sure I understand what’s going on, as I try to piece things together. It sounds like a protest by the families of the January 25 martyrs, justly demanding trials for snipers and others who killed protestors in January/February, turned ugly. It’s all centered in the Tahrir area, of course, though one death seems to have occurred at the Balloon Theater just west of the river from Zamalek.

I’ll ask my media friends in Cairo to fill me in.

Wael Ghonim is quoted as protesting the lack of revolutionary decisions. He has a point. While the free speech/free press climate improved dramatically after Mubarak’s resignation, much else has remained the same. It is appalling that, among other things, the former Vice President remains free. Those now in charge made no effort to prevent the February 2 thug invasion of Tahrir, and so forth. And based on events of last night, it looks as though thugs may still be at the ready.