Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category
Egypt’s 2nd Anniversary
A survivor from the Day of Rage protests holds up an X-ray showing the shotgun pellets that are still inside his body.
Today sees the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. Again Tahrir Square is a mass of protestors, not celebrating the revolution, but calling for the downfall of president Morsi.
Twitter feeds from Cairo have reported major clashes all day and there are widespread reports of women being attacked in Tahrir by groups of men.
Latest reports state the army has deployed tanks to Cairo, Giza, Suez, Ismailia and Port Said.
Report Digital has uploaded three new video rushes today.
Jet Fighters Skim Tahrir Square
Military arrests during Cairo occupation
Blog: One Year On (Original Vimeo Links)
Jess Hurd Egypt Revolution Gallery
Jess Hurd Uprising Against Egyptian Military
Footage is available from reportdigital.co.uk
© Jason N. Parkinson/reportdigital.co.uk
Gaza and Zionist Protestors Clash
Thursday 15 November 2012: Clashes broke out between pro-Palestinian protestors, Zionist protestors and police outside the Israeli embassy in London. Anger erupted as the bombing of Gaza continued, leaving 18 people dead and hundreds injured.
Report Digital Rushes
Footage is available from reportdigital.co.uk
© Jason N. Parkinson/reportdigital.co.uk
Report Digital Video Online
The Report Digital weekly covers the pro and anti-Syrian regime protests on the anniversary of the uprising in London and the UK Uncut protests on budget day around Westminster, including the heckling of Conservative Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
The Report Digital online video library is now up and running. For access to the library please contact John Harris to obtain a log in password.
Now comes the incredibly long task of digitising and uploading the seven year catalogue of material, most of which is sat on DVCam tape. Current on among the library footage we have the Egyptian Revolution, London Riots, Greece Riots, Dale Farm, Student Protests, Occupy Movement, and Syrian Protests.
© Jason N. Parkinson/reportdigital.co.uk
2011 Review
Egypt: The Battle of Mohamed Mahmoud
The video review of 2011, the Egyptian Revolution – the Day of Rage, the Night of Rage, the Battle for the Interior Ministry, the Battle for Cairo – Los Indignados “Democracia Real Ya“occupation of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, the IMF riots in Athens, the London riots of Tottenham, Hackney and the Enfield vigilantes, the Dale Farm eviction and back to Egypt for the for the protests and riots against SCAF, the military controlled interim government.
Jess Hurd 2011 Review Photo Slideshow.
All material © Jason N. Parkinson/reportdigital.co.uk
Please contact Report Digital to access this material and the extensive seven-year video archive.
The Battle of Mohamed Mahmoud
Guardian Video: Egyptian Military Defector
Two video rushes from the recent unrest in Cairo as the country began the long and much contested road into the national elections. The first film was shot at night and the police cut the power to Mohamed Mahmoud street. This led to some complicated and dangerous filming, overcoming pitch black sections of the street, a hail of unknown gas and live rounds fired from an unseen enemy less than fifty metres away.
The second rush follows protestors as they battle with police on Mohamed Mahmoud street for the fifth day on 23 November, eventually pushing the police back to the Interior Ministry and a ceasefire being put in place. That cease fire lasted about two hours.
Jess Hurd Photo Galleries
Original video rushes and posts from the #Jan25 uprising.
Battle of the Interior Ministry
Photo Gallery 1: Jess Hurd
Photo Gallery 2: Jess Hurd
The Reader: The Revolution Is Being Televised
LPB: Attacks on Media Workers in Egypt
© Jason N. Parkinson/reportdigital.co.uk
Please contact Report Digital to access this material and the extensive six-year video archive.
Teaser Trailer: #JAN25
This is the teaser trailer for the work-in-progress documentary #JAN25. Using footage covering the first week of the uprising that has been nominated for the 2011 Rory Peck News Awards, with interviews from those caught in the violence on the streets and those caught trying to report the events – tense, shocking and often murderous moments unravel during those days of the Egyptian revolution.
Having traveled to Egypt twice so far, first in January as the uprising occurred, then in March as the Egyptian constitutional referendum was voted on and the first attacks on the Coptic Christian minority after the revolution were reported, a third trip is now planned to cover the events leading up to and after the general election.
It will be these final days that will determine the mood of the documentary and decide whether it will be a positive end to the Egyptian revolution for the people or will interim military government SCAF take full control of the country, or will Egypt become a hardline Islamic state, as Western interests fear?
In order to finish this documentary we are now seeking interest and funding. For further information please contact Jason N. Parkinson.
Original video rushes and posts.
Battle of the Interior Ministry
Photo Gallery 1: Jess Hurd
Photo Gallery 2: Jess Hurd
The Reader: The Revolution Is Being Televised
LPB: Attacks on Media Workers in Egypt
© Jason N. Parkinson/reportdigital.co.uk
Please contact Report Digital to access this material and the extensive six-year video archive.
