CAIRO (Reuters) -Organisers of a march to the Egyptian border with Gaza said on Tuesday that three participants were abducted by plainclothes officers in Cairo amid a wave of arbitrary detentions, deportations and abuse by security forces.

The Global March to Gaza is a civilian-led initiative to march from Arish, Egypt, to the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip beginning on Sunday. Once in Rafah, the goal was to set up a camp and work to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza, provide humanitarian aid to the strip and protest against Israel's actions in the territory.

SAN FRANCISCO - An East Bay man returned from Egypt on Tuesday after taking part in the Global March to Gaza. What we know Organizers said the group intended to march from Cairo to Rafah, but the trip was cut short after tensions rose in Cairo.