An earlier attempt at this march ended with the arrest of activists, including German-Egyptian activist Philip Rizkwho was only released after international outrage but others are still being detained such as Diaeddin Gad, 22, who writes the Sawt Ghadib (Angry Voice) blog.
From the Daily News Egypt
ACTIVISTS CONTINUE GAZA SOLIDARITY MARCH DESPITE CRACKDOWN
CAIRO: Fifteen Egyptian and foreign activists took part in a solidarity march for Gaza on Friday in the outskirts of Cairo. Carrying signs with messages like "break the siege" and "support the resistance," they walked from Ezbet El-Nakhl to the end of the Marg metro line.
One of the participants, Ahmed Droubi, described the march as part of a campaign to highlight the ongoing siege on Gaza.
"We wanted to make a statement that the campaign is continuing despite the crackdown of the paranoid authoritarian government on the first march, and on all sorts of activism in solidarity with Palestine," Droubi said.
On Feb. 6 a group of 14 activists was stopped by police in Qaliubiya governorate after a similar march from Shubra Al-Kheima, North Cairo. All of them were eventually released except German-Egyptian activist Philip Rizk, who was detained by state security and interrogated for four days before being released.
Egypt has decided to allow the Viva Palestina convoy to cross into Gaza when it gets to Rafah. Details at vivapalestina.org
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