Egypt: Army arrests human rights defenders

The Habitat International Coalition (HIC) has learned that Egyptian military police yesterday have arrested or abducted some 30 human rights defenders in Cairo in yet-unclear circumstance and with unknown charges. The group of arrested human rights defenders includes three staff of the Egyptian Center for Housing Rights, a long-standing HIC Members organization. At the time of their arrest in Bulaq Abu al-„Ila, they were purchasing blankets that they reportedly intended to distribute to protesters camping out in Cairo's central Tahrir Square.