location: Cairo
notes: Around 50 Egyptian police stormed the headquarters of the journalists association in central Cairo on 1 May and arrested two journalists who had started a sit-in in protest at the headquarters of the union. Hundreds of workers from several provinces who came to hold a protest in Cairo for International Workers Day were also prevented from assembling by police. Tadamon coalition announced a protest would take place at the Press Syndicates headquarters in Cairos downtown to denounce legislation drafted by the government which it considers to be 'anti-worker'. Aswat Masriya reported that the security personnel assaulted the syndicates two people tasked with securing the syndicates building.
target_text: location: Cairo, fatalities: 0