A Global Integrity reporter in Cairo, Mervat Diab, shares the views of the protestors about the Obama administration’s handling of the crisis. By Mervat DiabEgyptian lawyer Issam Sultan has formally asked the prosecutor’s office to investigate the use of three US embassy vans in the crackdown that took place late last month against Egyptian protesters.…
With all of the craziness coming out of Egypt and Tunisia in the past few weeks, a recurring theme in much of the media coverage (at least in the West) has been that “the people” are fed up with corruption, and that frustration is fueling much of the outrage behind the protests. Ben Ali’s exile…
The first message began like dystopian science fiction: “We have a short time on the net. Therefore I am writing to you to pass our pleas…” Field reports from Cairo, in the form of messages via our Indaba fieldwork platform to Hazel Feigenblatt, our Media Projects Director, working with the Global Integrity Report team. The…