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Egyptian police forcefully evict Nile river sailors

Traffic is seen as people drive down a street along the Nile River August 2, 2015 in Cairo, Egypt. AFP PHOTO/POOL/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI

Gamal el-Deen
​Press TV, Cairo

Egyptian police have started to evacuate Nile leisure boats docked on the Nile Corniche in Cairo. The decision was met with indignation among boat owners. They say the job is their sole source of income and the government must not force them into giving it up. 


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