Jeremy Scahill, author of Dirty Wars, interviewed by Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman & Juan González

Support hard-hitting investigative reporting
on Democracy Now!

Continue to site Donate Now

Shows featuring Hossam Bahgat

  • Protests Demanding Mubarak’s Resignation Grow Stronger, Despite Some Government Concessions

     Overcome
    Newly-appointed Egyptian vice president Omar Suleiman held talks on Sunday with opposition groups in Cairo in an attempt to stem the anti-government protests that continue across the country. Suleiman agreed to several major concessions, including ending the country’s decades-old emergency laws (he did not say when), allowing...
    February 07, 2011 | Story

  • Journalists and Human Rights Activists Arrested and Beaten in Cairo Crackdown

     Egypt-2
    Human rights activist Hossam Bahgat reports the military has raided the offices of the Hisham Mubarak Law Center in downtown Cairo, which has been the headquarters for the legal effort to protect the pro-democracy demonstrators. He also says the military has locked down Tahrir Square, turning people away at checkpoints from entering....
    February 03, 2011 | Story