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Egypt’s 2nd Anniversary

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A survivor from the Day of Rage protests holds up an X-ray showing the shotgun pellets that are still inside his body.
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

Day of Rage gun shot survivor

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

One Year On

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One year ago on February 11 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak finally resigned after an 18 day uprising that left more than 1000 dead and tens of thousands injured.

Day of Rage

Night of Rage

Battle for the Interior Ministry

Battle for Cairo

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Day of Rage – Cairo

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Friday 28 January 2011: Video rush of the attacks by the thousands of riot police against the anti-government protestors in the back streets in Cairo, as the uprising attempted to regain Tahrir Square.

This video coverage was cut short after about two hours, when our team was caught between tear gas and live fire from shotguns at one end of the street and around 100 riot cops and a large group of secret police at the other. We were grabbed by the secret police, strangled and beaten to the ground, then marched out of the protest. We expected to be put in the waiting prison van and be driven into the desert. Instead, after shouting to watching crowds of people that we were British press the police took our memory cards and let us go, emphasising we get off the streets immediately. We did. Unfortunately they pulled the stills memory card from my camera and didn’t realise the camera was old-school DV tape. Hence this video.

(c) Jason N. Parkinson/reportdigital.co.uk

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