Protests in downtown Cairo orgainzed by the Kefaya reform movement and opposition political parties against proposed constitutional amendments ended in a forced sit-in of some 200 protesters outside a party headquarters, surrounded by ranks of state security. Over 30 were detained after protests began at 5pm and by 8pm activists gathered outside the Tagammu party building on a narrow side street as rows of uniformed and plainclothes security agents pushed down the one-way side street, blocking the exit, and minor clashses flared. Activists demanded the release of detainees, 12 of whom were released by Friday morning. The rest was just released early this evening.

Here are two reports of the protests that Adam Makary and I did, one for Al Jazeera and one for the Daily Star Egypt.