At least 19 protesters were arrested yesterday, followed by another 10 today.

This means the fight will intensify between judges and pro-democracy groups on one side, and the government and interior ministry on the other.

Fifteen were arrested, and most were beaten. We have requested that they be given access to doctors.

This crime is an obvious indication of the extent to which the security bodies’ brutality has reached in dealing with freedom of expression in Egypt. It is a remarkable episode in the ongoing series of...