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Sat, 07/09/2011 - 08:49
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Demonstrators in Egypt Urge Reforms, Trial of Former Regime Officials
TEHRAN (FNA)- A large crowd of Egyptians filled Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square on Friday as part of a nationwide protest to demand political reforms and speedier trial of former regime officials, including Hosni Mubarak.
The protests highlighted months of seething anger over fears that the early gains of the revolution were slipping away under the ruling military council.
Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement and several other political parties decided to join the protests on Friday.
People and opposition activists began arriving in the landmark square throughout the night to set up their tents.
Cairo's Liberation Square has been the focal point of the Egyptian Revolution that toppled the Mubarak regime.
Reports say thousands of protesters have also gathered at main squares in the two coastal cities of Suez and Alexandria.
The protesters say they will keep protesting until their demands are met. They urge Egypt's military rulers to speed up promised democratic reforms.
The protests highlighted months of seething anger over fears that the early gains of the revolution were slipping away under the ruling military council.
Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement and several other political parties decided to join the protests on Friday.
People and opposition activists began arriving in the landmark square throughout the night to set up their tents.
Cairo's Liberation Square has been the focal point of the Egyptian Revolution that toppled the Mubarak regime.
Reports say thousands of protesters have also gathered at main squares in the two coastal cities of Suez and Alexandria.
The protesters say they will keep protesting until their demands are met. They urge Egypt's military rulers to speed up promised democratic reforms.
