Is the Palestinian Authority cracking down on Egypt solidarity demonstrations? (Updated, and yes they are)

2.2.11

Is the Palestinian Authority cracking down on Egypt solidarity demonstrations? (Updated, and yes they are): "Update: Human Rights Watch was there and has confirmed that the PA crushed the demo.

I received this message from a friend in Ramallah yesterday. For obvious reasons, he can’t be identified (I hope I’ll have time to follow up; right now I’m working on a number of fronts. The Angry Arab has�another report from the suppressed demo:

“We, a group of Independent, liberal leaning Palestinian youth, organized a demonstration near the Egyptian embassy using social media tools such as Facebook, to our surprise one of the organizers was upheld unlawfully and threatened by the Police, Intelligence service and Preventive force on separate basis that if the event takes place he will be tortured and made to pay a heavy price. According to their conversations, they claimed that the order came directly from President Abbas office. We are under constant surveillance and harassment since saturday."