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Egyptians Mark Uprising Anniversary in “Friday of Pride and Dignity”
28 Jan 2012 10:29
Source : Al Manar
Thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand democratic change, a year after former President Hosni Mubarak was toppled following a popular uprising.
BFnews: Protesters, suspicious that the military council, which took power after Mubarak was ousted, doesn’t intend to fully transfer power to civilian rule as it has promised, called their rally, “Friday of dignity and honor,” vowing to continue their protests.
They accuse the military council, headed by Mubarak’s longtime defense minister, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, of perpetuating Mubarak’s authoritarian methods, saying that even though Egypt has just held its freest election in decades, Egypt’s deeply rooted culture of dictatorship has not changed.
After noon prayers, protesters left Cairo mosques and marched to the square, the hub of the protests held in last year uprising.
"Down with military rule!", shouted demonstrators echoing the growing discontent over the military junta's handling of the transition.
"Legitimacy comes from the square," they chanted, clapping and waving flags.
Thousands gathered in the square, among the tents that marked a sit-in launched on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the start of the uprising.
A year after his ouster, Mubarak is on trial along with officials from his regime and two his sons over charges including complicity in killing of protesters during the uprising, corruption and misuse of authority to amass wealth. He could face the death penalty.
Mubarak has been taken from his hospital to court sessions on a hospital bed.
On Friday rally, crowd of protesters carried a small bed with a puppet depicting Mubarak, chanting, “the people want execution of the ousted one.”
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