A group of 10 Graffitti activists this afternoon held a protest outside the Egyptian embassy over lack of Egyptian support to the Palestinian people.

One of those taking part, Lana Turner, spoke on her recent experience in Egypt where she joined another 1,400 international activists who had been planning a march to remember the Israeli bombardment of Gaza a year ago.

Ms Turner said that the activists found waiting for them thousands of Egyptian police and soldiers who had orders to stop any show of solidarity with the Palestinians. They were harassed and forced to stay in Cairo. A peaceful demonstration in the Egyptian capital was met with police violence.

She also complained that Egypt is building a huge wall on its border with Gaza, stopping goods from entering the territory, leaving the population without anything to survive on.

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