Monday 31 January 2011

Told you so does not quite say it ..Does It ?

CAIRO - Egypt is preparing for a day of protests against the national government on Tuesday, with organizers confident that the insurgency in Tunisia inspire the masses to mobilize for political and economic reforms.

celebrity football fans, and opposition movements have committed to participate in demonstrations, and said tens of thousands of Facebook pages to advertise events that you attend.

Protests kick off 14:00 (1200 GMT) at various locations throughout the capital and the day the country nicknamed "the day of the revolt against torture, poverty, corruption and unemployment."

The call was launched democracy youth groups, 6 April Movement, at the same time, a national holiday in honor of the day the police.

Other applications include the dismissal of Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, including police and security forces have been accused of slowness, the elimination of the emergency law that dates back several decades and a higher minimum wage.

The controversial law, which gives the police wide-ranging arrests, suspended constitutional rights and curbs governmental political activity, which was renewed in 2010 for another two years.

Ministry of Interior warned that we should "close" with those who behave illegally.

In an interview with public broadcaster Al-Ahram daily published Tuesday, accused Adly organizers of being "ignorant" and said they had "no impact".

"Security is able to face any threat to the security of its people, and do not take lightly the damage to property or violations of law," he said.

The protests were inspired by a wave of rioting in the streets of Tunis, which ended the government of a great veteran Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled the country on 14 January.

Opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei has expressed support for the protest, said opponents of the regime in Egypt along the course should be able to follow the example of Tunisia.

Opinion of his National Association for Change said some members had called the security company, Tuesday's demonstrations launch pad.

The Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement, the largest and most organized, and the liberal Wafd Party - Party of the former opposition in Egypt - have not formally accepted the protest, but said many of its members will participate.

Amnesty International urged the authorities not to repress the demonstrations.

"Egypt is to allow peaceful protests, and to stop the arrest and intimidate opposition activists and peaceful," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme.

"Country? No security forces are troubling record when it comes to protesters, and ask them to refrain from future excessive and disproportionate force," the statement said on Monday.

In December, the self-immolation of 26 years, street vendor Mohammed Tunisian Bouazizi triggered a wave of unrest in the country in northern Africa, which resulted in the dramatic overthrow of Ben Ali to power after 23 years.

Bouazizi attempt to draw attention to the economic hardship and repression has triggered a series of imitations public burnings of books in Egypt, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.

Tunisia abuses were echoed throughout the Arab world, autocratic leaders especially nervous events in Tunisia.

The authorities have rejected the idea that the Tunisian scenario could spread to Egypt.

But in a sign of public dissatisfaction with anxiety, have recently tried to convince the public that the grants of commodities remain unchanged.

About 40 per cent in Egypt 80 million people live with about two dollars a day, and a Massive proportion of the population is dependent on cheap shoddy goods.

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