Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Tahrir Square on Friday demanding an end to military rule and protesting what they called the Egyptian army’s excessive use of violence, which has left at least 15 protesters dead and more than 800 injured over the past week.
Protesters chanted slogans such as “Egypt’s girls shouldn’t be stripped” and “They (the army) killed the sheik and killed the doctor. The whole council should leave,” referring to video footage last week of a female protester’s clothing being removed during a struggle with soldiers and to the deaths of two other demonstrators.
The march, by mostly secular political parties and groups, underscored growing anger against Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which has led the country since the toppling of former President Hosni Mubarak.
YEMEN: Anti-government marchers attacked.
Men swinging sticks and soldiers firing rifles attacked protesters demanding Yemen’s president be brought to trial over the killings of anti-government demonstrators, wounding 10 people, witnesses and a medic said.
The protesters were heading toward Sana’s edge Friday to greet a march of thousands arriving from the city of Taiz, about 170 miles to the south. The four-day march, dubbed the March of Life, was due to reach Sana today.
Denver Post wire services
