Army seals Tahrir square entrances ahead of protests

Friday 05-12-2014 12:02 PM
Army seals Tahrir square entrances ahead of protests

(ARCHIVE) Dozens of protesters closed Tahrir Square to traffic again on Wednesday afternoon after security forces had opened it earlier in the morning. Ahmed Hamed/Aswat Masriya

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CAIRO, Dec 5 (Aswat Masriya) - Security forces closed all entrances to Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on Friday in anticipation of protests against the acquittal of former President Hosni Mubarak.

A group of political and youth movements have called for peaceful protests against the verdict in squares across Egypt, in a what it called a "revolutionary week".

Ten armoured vehicles were deployed at the entrance near of the Egyptian Museum, an eye-witness told Aswat Masriya.

The Cairo Criminal Court dropped on Saturday the case against Mubarak over complicity in the killing of protesters during the 18-day January 2011 uprising which toppled his regime.

The court also acquitted Mubarak's Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and four of his aides on charges of inciting and aiding the killing of 238 protesters. The acquitted aides are; Ahmed Ramzy, Adly Fayed, Hassan Abdel Rahman and Ismail al-Shaer.

The five defendants, alongside other aides Osama al-Marasi and Omar Afifi, were also acquitted of the charge of harming their work-place.

Six political parties of the "Democratic Trend Alliance" also launched on Thursday a petition demanding the trial of Mubarak and his aides.

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