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7th February 2012 - Kasr el Ainy French Hospital -They arrived unannounced before the Maghreb (sunset) prayers,
They began attacking us ruthlessly,
The tear gas wasn't aimed in the sky as you'd imagine - no, the canisters were aimed at people.
I don't know, were they meaning to shoot tear gas, or rockets?!
It wasn't like they were shooting tear gas, no, they were using the canisters like missiles to blast people away.
Mohammed Samir Mohammed Farag Injured on 28th January, 2011
After a while, an APC - what some officers call a microbus! -
The representative from CSF actually calls it a microbus -
The APC drove towards us, so I was running with other people,
They shot me with a bullet that went in just behind the heart,
Of course some of it got to the kidneys, and to my lungs,
There's shots in my arm, and in my leg,
I was sprawled on the ground, and people carried me,
I stayed at the entrance to the building - I don't know for how long,
I wasn't totally conscious - I would come to and then fade out again.
They called the ambulance, but it didn't arrive,
They took me to a private hospital,
All they did was place some gauze on my back,
They didn't even know that I was bleeding from the lungs,
Nor that I had bullets inside of me, because no X-rays were run on me.
I stayed home for two days, dying of pain,
Terrified of going to any hospitals, knowing that if I did and gave them my name, the security forces were everywhere and could take me,
They have no conscience, even till now.
They lie to us and pretend they've changed, but how have they changed?!
You think the systematic training of all these years is going to be done overnight?
What's changed, for them to behave any differently?
Just as we continue to be held captive by the SCAF.
Making us out to be thugs every time,
They say there's compensation for the injured - I registered my name as one of the injured,
The media's saying that the state is paying the injured compensation, flats, pensions, and so on,
That's false. I've only received part of what they call 'dues',
And in the end - there was supposed to be an honoring ceremony on 21st October,
As in, nation-wide, governors were issuing certificates of appreciation to the wounded in their governorate,
Every one receives a metal plaque bearing the Egyptian flag,
I received none of this - when I asked why,
They said that the Fund for the Care of the Injured had reported that my name was flagged as 'conditional',
Which meant that I supposedly had a police record. Turned out they wanted to frame me as someone with a criminal record.
So I immediately went and demanded a copy of my records - turned out I was totally clean.
Now, they've issued identification cards to the injured,
I went to the governorate to ask why I hadn't received mine. They said the paperwork had disappeared - I asked why,
They said the SCAF - rather, the Fund - were unwilling to cooperate with the National Council,
So they said my paperwork had disappeared - no cooperation.
They told me to apply again, and I did,
I tried submitting the application, with my photos, so they'd issue me a card.
They told me to go to the hospitals for my treatment. But when I go to the hospitals, there are 'no resources',
And here I even have paperwork from the governor's office,
Here's a statement, signed by the governor, ordering my treatment.
When I previously applied nothing happened, the second time round, here's paperwork ordering "quick implementation of all necessary procedures,"
So they agreed to send me to qualified hospitals,
They sent me to the international hospital in Mansoura,
They said I should be transferred to the university hospital due to a 'lack in resources',
So I went to the university. Again, 'The patient should be transferred to another hospital due to the unavailability of an X-ray machine,' Again, they don't have the resources.
So I returned to the governorate, and they said 'We'll send your paperwork to Cairo, and see when they respond,'
Then I started speeding things up, and I came to Kasr el Ainy hospital.
They started to say it's dangerous to remove the bullets inside my body, all the hospitals started saying this.
Because one of the shots is lodged directly on the lung,
And another one next to a kidney, and another one next to the pancreas,
I still have almost - I used to think there were 80 or 90 - after the scans, I now know I have more than 100 pellets inside.
Even though after the injury I had about 16 or 17 ones removed.
And all of this is birdshot - for those who insist there was no birdshot used!
The security director where I'm from, who used to be the director of the criminal investigations,
Said during the hearing there was no birdshot used, and still insist on it. Who are they kidding.
Am I going to plant all this birdshot inside me?
Who are they kidding? The people that go on state televison and accuse us of being thugs?
Here's how much of a thug I am - I have never been prosecuted.
And if my health would permit me, I would still be standing with those people out there protesting.
What is there to be said. God willing, this country will be sorted out!
But when the SCAF moves over - and realizes that we're a people with dignity.
We lived without dignity before.
That's all I've got.