Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (Cairo)
13 June 2008
On 11 June 2008, police forces intervened to prevent the staging of a cultural event calling for patriotic unity and rejecting extremism. The gathering was organized by poets and intellectuals, and was to be held in Cairo's Talaat Harb Square. The police forces prevented the participants from reaching the square, threatening them with violence if they were to persist with their intentions.
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