uprising
Cairo Protestors Face Tear Gas at Interior Ministry
Rory Peck Awards
The Rory Peck Award finalists were announced on Monday 12 September. It turns out I’ve made it to one of the three finalists of the news section for the coverage of the Egyptian revolution. The rushes above are those that were sent out of Cairo by one of the few working Internet connections in the city during the uprising, after President Mubarak closed all communications to the outside world. Unfortunately for him, he missed a few.
Previous Footage and posts.
Battle of the Interior Ministry
Photo Gallery 1: Jess Hurd
Photo Gallery 2: Jess Hurd
The Reader: The Revolution Is Being Televised
People Vote in Egypt Constitution Referendum
Egyptian Coptic Christians Protest Against Murders
The Battle for Cairo
Battle for the Interior Ministry
Night of Rage – Cairo
Day of Rage – Cairo
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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