The Egyptian government has decided that off-line gatherings by two or more people who meet on social networking sites are a bid to overthrow the government.

A group of kids who met off-line were surprised to discover a truck packed with Central Security personnel gate crashed their party. The coppers arrested 14 of the 30 'demonstrators' while the rest managed to flee. Arab Network for Human Rights Information Gamal Eid, told Al-Ahram Weekly the kids were beaten by plain clothes security personnel and taken to Al-Raml Police Station where they were referred to the prosecution which accused them of assembling, hampering traffic, and attempting to topple the regime.

Unfortunately for the coppers the kids denied any links with political parties or the Muslim Brotherhood. Coppers were told that they did not advocate destructive ideas, let alone toppling the regime. They said they would not even incite people to stage a civil disobedience.

In short, it was an innocent day out, organised online. X

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