Sources: Xinhua
Labour unions involving thousands of workers go on a nationwide strike, boosting the pro-democracy demonstrations occurring across the country. 2011-02-9
Nederlandse Omroep Stichting cameraman Eric Feijten is arrested again after being released from his previous arrest. 2011-02-4
At least three people are killed as a result of gunfire in Cairo's Tahrir Square. 2011-02-3
Al Arabiya journalist Ahmad Abdallah is reported missing but later found after being beaten by pro-Mubarak supporters. 2011-02-2
Some supporters of the Mubarak regime ride horses and camels and attack anti-government protesters with whips. 2011-02-2
Several prison breaks occur, including the escape of 5,000 from a jail in Faiyum Governorate, many including 34 members of the Muslim Brotherhood from Wadi El Natrun, where eight people were killed in riots, and at least eight Hamas militants from Abu Zaabal Prison in Cairo, two of them escaping to Gaza, and two policemen and twelve escaped inmates were killed there; many more escaped from Tora Prison in Cairo, close to where 'dozens' of people were killed. Soldiers have been deployed outside of many prisons. 2011-01-30
Egypt's information minister cancels licenses and accreditation of staff working for the Al Jazeera international news network. The network's Cairo bureau office is to be shut down by the Egyptian government. An Al Jazeera spokesman describes the move as "an act designed to stifle and repress the freedom of reporting by the network and its journalists". 2011-01-30
Police in Cairo beat and arrest a "Guardian" news reporter, who secretly records the events that occur in the police van. 2011-01-26