Egypt’s 80-year-old brutal dictator has shut down Facebook, Twitter, SMS and blogs today as protest grows. Mubarak’s regime is also resorting to brutal measures against protesters who are demanding his resignation. Egyptian police are known to be blood thirsty killers who shoot unarmed Ethiopian refugees in the back. If the protest in Egypt continues to grow, we may witness mass killings of civilians. This is the right time for all Ethiopian political and civic groups to declare solidarity with Egyptians and call for nationwide protests in Ethiopia as well against Mubarak’s partner in crime Meles Zenawi who has imposed a news black out on the uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen.