Baton-wielding Egyptian police have broken up a pro-democracy demonstration in Cairo.
Riot police beat and dragged protestors away from outside the upper house of Parliament, put them in trucks and took dozens away.
Demonstrations are illegal under Egypt's stern "emergency laws", which have been in place for 30 years.
The protesters were calling for a change to the constitution that they say would make elections more fair.
The demonstration was called by the 6 April youth movement, which backs the presidential candidacy of Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog.
BBC
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