Sunday, February 20, 2011

Week 3 - Protest in Egypt


Protests in Egypt has reached its peak, with riots and demonstrations exploding everywhere, especially in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, to demand an immediate end to President, Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule.


Mubarak on the other hand said he won’t stand down until elections due in September. This statement has made all the citizens furious and they started gathering in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand an immediate end to his regime. The Cairo crowd began chanting anti-Mubarak slogans before the president’s state television broadcast finished.
The anti-government protests, mostly inspired by the downfall of the Tunisian government, began on the 25th of January 2011 and almost a dozen days later, the protests have claimed an estimate of 300 lives, with thousands more injured in clashes throughout Egypt, primarily in Liberation Square.

Many lives have already been claimed since these protests began and I expect many more are at stake as long this issue isn’t resolved. I hope that Mubarak will listen to his citizens and step down to prevent more horrible things to happen.

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