It was a six hour ride.

He did not say anything to us but took our bags away

Wa7da Masrya, a female activist who was detained with the bloggers in the photograph above, wrote on her blog We got on board the deportation vehicle and experienced first hand how dark, filthy, and cage like it was.

When it happened that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.

And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

It was enough to terrorise us and make us surrender. The soldiers surrounded us on the sidewalk and forced us to fall on our knees and put our hands on our heads, while some were pointing their guns at us and the others continuing to shoot in the air.