canadian john grayson spent 50 days in a cairo jail without charge last year. the canadian film maker described his experience to us here at al jazeera. >> my name is john grayson, and i am a film maker, and i spent 50 days in tora prison last august, september, october. myself and tara clabani were on our way to gaza. we got held up in a peaceful protest held what we thought would be 24 hours. it turned into 50 days. we were locked up with 36 other guys, held in a cell that was 10 meters by three meters. they were a cross section of egyptian society. there was construction worker. there was a currier. there was a college professor. really, ordinary students and doctors and citizens who had simply wanted to stand up and be counted. this watch glows in the dark, and so we actually would sometimes use it as a flashlight to, you know, make our way through the dark cell to the toilet. but for the duration of our time in the prison, i gave it to bader, who was our cell can'tip. he need the watch. >> day, that visit four weeks in, we heard that there had been a press