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People want to prosecute the president Mega Tuesday protest
by Joseph Ernest January 31, 2011
Newscast Media CAIRO Egypt -- To consolidate the demands made in the past six days of protests, Egyptian youth plan to carry out a massive protest on Tuesday Feb 1. and are calling it, "People want to prosecute the president" protest.
In a statement released to the Egyptian press, the mobilizers said: "The demonstration, which will be conducted from multiple parts of Egypt, will celebrate the first day of our uprising. The slogan of the day will be 'people want to prosecute the president."
In downtown Cairo, Egypt's Minister of Defense, Mohamed Tantawi, was reportedly seen joining the protesters in Tahrir Square. Tantawi in also Commander in Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Egyptian neighbors up north, especially Israel, are worried about the outcome of the protests and are urging countries and media practitioners not to criticize Mubarak.
Hoping that peaceful ties with Egypt continue, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "We are following with vigilance the events in Egypt and in our region. At this time we must show responsibility and restraint."
In the Orient, Beijing is getting nervous and the Chinese government is filtering and censoring news events pertaining to unrest in Egypt. Pictures depicting demonstrators in Egypt are being omitted by Chinese newspapers and broadcasts, preferring to show Mubarak meeting with government officials. China actively censors content seen as a potential challenge to the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party out of fear that the Chinese citizens may arise and imitate what other demonstrators are doing.
Early on Sunday, Al Jazeera reported that six of its journalists were arrested and detained, however, a tweet on Monday from Alec Ross, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Senior Advisor for Innovation, indicated that pressure from the US Secretary of State prompted the Egyptians to release the journalists. Read tweet below:
Egyptian media is also reporting that on Monday, January 31, The Railway Authority announced that it would stop all service throughout the country without explaining the reasons and the deadline for the return of its services. An official source who spoke to the Egyptian media on condition of anonymity said source said that the government is trying to sabotage the flow of people to Cairo to take part in tomorrow's one-million people protest, which is intended to renew demands President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Add Comments>>
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