Protesters Scold Egypt’s Military Council (& Demand Mubarak Face Trial In Egypt)

[Turborama]

Source: NYT

CAIRO — Thousands of demonstrators filled Tahrir Square on Friday for the largest protest in weeks, demanding that the ruling military council move faster to dismantle lingering aspects of the old regime.

Disenchantment with the military was the focus of many speeches and chants, and participants milling about were all too ready to grumble about the generals.

“The military council is inexplicably slow in responding to our demands,” said Mohammad el-Qassas, a leader of the youth wing of the Muslim Brotherhood and a member of the coalition of those who organized the Jan. 25 revolution. “Protests and popular pressure must return, because they are only the real method of realizing the people’s demands.”

He reeled off a list of unaccomplished goals, including the arrest of leading members of the old government, serious trials for corrupt businessmen, the removal of university presidents appointed by former President Hosni Mubarak as well as his provincial governors.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/world/middleeast/02egypt.html?_r=1

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Protesters demand Mubarak face trial in Egypt

Protests dubbed "Friday for rescue of revolution" amid calls for ousted president and former officials to face justice.

Source: Al Jazeera English

Thousands of people have rallied in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to call for ousted president Hosni Mubarak and members of his former administration to face justice.

The demonstration, dubbed "Friday for the rescue of the revolution," was organised by the Youth Revolution Coalition, a group founded by the young activists who started the January 25 protests that led to the end of Mubarak's rule.

The protest on Friday called for remaining members of Mubarak's government to be put on trial, namely Fathi Serour, the former parliament speaker, Zakariya Azmi, head of the presidential palace, and Safwat al-Sherif, the former secretary-general of the ruling party.

'Difficult challenge'

Al Jazeera correspondent Mike Hanna, reporting from the midst of the rally in Tahrir square, said the protest was a strong message to the supreme armed forces from demonstrators.

More (including video report from the enormous protest): http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/201141144334505497.html