Talk Nation Radio special with breaking news from Cairo
December 31, 2009
CORRECTION.
We have just learned that French citizen Marie Renee Le Grand was not beaten by Egyptian riot police but in fact died of a heat attack at Cairo hospital. We regret the error.
Delegates from USA and other countries were beaten in Cairo. We get updates from two delegates to Gaza Freedom March who were beaten and thrown to sidewalk atop others already collapsed there.
((One French delegate killed by Egyptian riot police. The protest was strictly peaceful. Some civil disobedience was used after Egypt canceled permits for public meeting.)) This report from Al Jazeera and Press TV was incorrect. We regret the error and will re-upload this program with the correction.
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New Year’s Special part 2 (corrected, we deleted the Marie Renee content, she has sadly died but of a heart attack in Cairo. We will provide another update with more clear corrections but this program is now fine to air as corrected. Thank you and again we regret our error.)
New Year’s Special Part 2 with portions deleted that were incorrect. We earlier reported that the death of Marie Renee was due to a police beating, instead, we’ve learned she died of a heart attack. Earlier reports on PressTV and Al Jazeera have been corrected.
Please also see part 1 and Christmas special below:
3PM EDT Cairo: We heard from two Connecticut residents in Cairo, that they were beaten by Egyptian police while trying to protest their inability to enter Gaza. The Egyptians allowed only a few delegates of the 1400 in Cairo to go across into Gaza. At the end of this special broadcast we hear another breaking news update:
This link is where our report on Marie Renee came from: A French citizen, Marie Renee, but we’ve learned that she has NOT died from injuries sustained at the hands of Egyptian security forces during a demonstration with the Gaza Freedom March, but rather, died at the hospital of a heart attack.
Finally, a Moroccan-Italian member of the delegation is at the hospital after being punched in the face, according to Media Benjamin of Codepink.
Reports said the woman died in the Cairo Hospital. She was traveling with a French delegation of approximately 300 nationals.
Previous interviews from Cairo and other countries on Gaza Freedom March, past week:
New Year’s Special part 1
Christmas Special, Gaza Freedom March