>> we are trying to avoid clashes with security forces as they storm into campuses, detain halve hassedly. we are trying to be away from that. the students protest. they expel them. we cover our heads and faces, and try to do peaceful tactics. >> reporter: exercising the right to disagree comes at a risk. egypt bans security forces to bar a public gathering of 10 people. more than 1800 have been gaoled for stating their opinion. the arrests are seen as part of a wider crackdown against supporters. human rights watch accused the security forces of silencing dissent and brute use of force. it's not just students. staff are concerned over the government's attempts to overhaul policies, a top court dismissed an ament to legalize faculty members. president abdul fatah al-sisi passed stricture laws, and doesn't appear to be curbing concept. the government needs another plan. thousands of whom were determined to express her opinion on the streets. >> the sentencing phase is beginning in the trial of the south african athlete oscar pistorius. lat month he was found guilty of killing his girlfrien