Word came from the street: A mob had gathered in front of the ground-floor door, blocking the exit from the offices of the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, a pioneering Egyptian human rights organization.
Former director Ahmed Seif knew what was coming: a raid. He advised the rest of us to sit tight and not resist, so as not to "provoke them into violence." And then they came. Burly men with big clubs, others in sports jackets typical of state security agents, and a uniformed policeman. Then a surprise: military police in their characteristic red berets.
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