Labor and Electoral Crisis in Egypt

Tue, 04/08/2008 - 14:00
  • Artist: Aura Bogado
  • Length: 1:46 minutes (1.63 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

A 15-year-old boy is dead in Egypt, after sustaining wounds from clashes between demonstrators and police in the city of Mahalla, home to the country's largest state-owned textile plant. About 180 people have been arrested, and hundreds more have been injured. Clashes continued for two days before coming to a halt today. FSRN's Ursula Lindsay is in Mahalla – she describes what she saw there today.

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