This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011 [1].
More reports are emerging of arrests and police harassment and brutality, as Egyptians rise for the for the third day in a row. There are also reports of deaths but the details and exact toll remain sketchy.
Dima Al Khatib announces [2]:
DAY 3 of Egyptian Uprising: 1000 people arrested or more so far, according to independent legal sources #jan25 [3] #egypt [4]
Ahmed Abd El-Fatah tweets [5]:
Shawky Ragab adds [6]:
And @shmpOngO notes [7]:
They r arresting the injured protesters from hospitals #jan25 [3] #egypolice [8]
An Egyptian showing the bullet wounds on his back. Picture by Gigi Ibrahim
Gigi Ibrahim shares [9] those injuries in this photograph [10] and tweets:
I have one of those on my back..it still hurts http://yfrog.com/h290794515j [10] #EgyPolice [11] #Jan25 [12] down with pigs!
And the Guardian‘s reporter in Cairo Jack Shenker, who was beaten and arrested alongside protesters in Cairo, files this harrowing recording [13] while locked up in the back of a security forces truck with scores of protesters.
Meanwhile, Farrah reports on the use of a “yellow chemical spray” on protesters at a protest in Ismailia. She tweets [14]:
Central forces in Ismaley-ya are currently spraying a yellow chemical
spray on protesters which makes them dizzy &lose thier balance #jan25 [3]
And Ian Lee, tweeting from a protest in Suez, writes [15]:
Rocks fill the air. Protesters charging. Suez. Reports of live rounds being used. #jan25 [3]
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011 [1].