THE GUARDIAN: Youth activists, Islamists, workers and football fans to hold rallies and marches against Mubarak government
Egypt's authoritarian government is bracing itself for one of the biggest opposition demonstrations in recent years tomorrow, as thousands of protesters prepare to take to the streets demanding political reform.
An unlikely alliance of youth activists, political Islamists, industrial workers and hardcore football fans have pledged to join a nationwide "day of revolution" on a national holiday to celebrate the achievements of the police force.
With public sentiment against state security forces at an unprecedented level following a series of high-profile police brutality cases and the torture of anti-government activists, protest organisers are hoping that a large number of Egyptians will be emboldened to attend rallies, marches and flash mobs across the country in a sustained effort to force concessions from an increasingly unpopular ruling elite.
In a move that suggests the uprising in Tunisia may be spreading to other parts of the Arab world, Tunisian activists announced they would be holding their own protests in solidarity with their Egyptian counterparts, while many Egyptians plan to wave Tunisian flags. Parallel protests are also scheduled to take place outside the Egyptian embassies in London and Washington.
Demonstrators are calling for the sacking of the country's interior minister, the cancelling of Egypt's perpetual emergency law, which suspends basic civil liberties, and a new term limit on the presidency that would bring to an end the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak, one of the Middle East's most entrenched dictators. Read on and comment >>> Jack Shenker in Cairo | Monday, January 24, 2011
LE FIGARO: Les jeunes Égyptiens veulent leur révolution : Lancé sur Facebook, un mot d'ordre de soulèvement à l'occasion de la Fête de la police va passer ce mardi l'épreuve de la rue. 80 000 internautes ont promis de venir manifester. >>> Par Tangi Sala | Mardi 25 Janvier 2011
