I don’t want Egypt to fall into chaos, and Iraq (and Afghanistan) taught us that getting rid of one despot does not democracy make. But with reports like this, I’m getting increasingly sick of Mubarak and am starting to get that “anything would be better” feeling. Hell, the feeling started yesterday when the thugs attacked. This is unacceptable. It’s downright Soviet or Chinese (or now, Russian).

Two Amnesty International representatives have been detained by police in Cairo after the Hisham Mubarak Law Centre was taken over by military police this morning.

Amnesty International USA called on President Obama to immediately demand the release of the Amnesty International staff members. In addition, we have asked for a meeting in Washington with the Egyptian ambassador to the United States.

The Amnesty International representatives were taken, along with Ahmed Seif Al Islam Khaled Ali, a delegate from Human Rights Watch, and others, to an unknown location in Cairo. Amnesty International does not know their current whereabouts.