CAIRO - Egyptians demonstrated throughout the night in Cairo'scentral Tahrir Square and other cities, enraged that a court hadspared deposed leader Hosni Mubarak his life over the killing ofprotesters in the uprising that ended his three-decade rule. Many wanted death for Mubarak, who was handed a life prisonsentence on Saturday. They saw the sentence and the acquittal of senior police officersas proof that the old regime still wields influence and fearedMubarak could now be acquitted on appeal. Some demanded that the country's presidential election becancelled. Thousands of people poured onto the streets on Saturday after theverdict. Laserpoint Vinyl Cutter
By Sunday morning, a few hundred were still gathered inTahrir Square - focal point of the January 2011 uprising thatbrought down the longtime U.S. ally - and said they would stayuntil those killed in the uprising were avenged. "This was not a fair verdict and there is mass rejection of thejudge's ruling," said one protester, Amr Magdy. "Tahrir will fillup again with protesters. Plastic CNC Router Manufacturer
In Egypt the only way you can get anyjustice is by protesting because all the institutions are stillcontrolled by Mubarak figures." The long-awaited Mubarak verdict deepened fear among manypro-democracy campaigners that recent developments are reversingEgypt's emergence from decades of autocratic rule. Many of the young liberal and left-wing revolutionaries who beganthe uprising were dismayed when their own candidates lost the firstround of the presidential election last month. The vote is seen as the last step in a transition from militaryrule to civilian government. A run-off on June 16 and 17 will pit Mubarak's last prime ministerAhmed Shafiq, who holds Mubarak as a role model, against thecandidate of the socially conservative Muslim Brotherhood, MohamedMursi. Laserpoint Vinyl Cutter
Dozens of young men ransacked Shafiq's campaign office in Fayoumsouth of Cairo overnight, the second such attack in recent days,state news website al-Ahram reported. A Shafiq campaigner in Cairosaid he was not aware of the attack. Footage posted on Al-Ahram's website showed youths destroying andburning Shafiq's pictures and banners and others chanting: "Fayoumsays Ahmed Shafiq is feloul," an Arabic word used to refer toremnants of the Mubarak era. Leftist Hamdeen Sabahy, who failed to progress to the electionrun-off, joined thousands of protesters in Tahrir late on Saturday.The Brotherhood's Mursi also toured the square. "We are in disbelief that either Shafiq or Mursi could bepresident," said Ahmed Abdulla, 21, one of hundreds of hard-corefootball fans who have taken part in sporadic street protests sinceMubarak was toppled.
Mursi, who has been struggling to rally the support of candidatesdefeated in the first-round vote, met with Sabahy and anotherdefeated candidate, Islamist Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh, late onSaturday for a closed-door meeting, according to people whoattended the gathering. "The situation now is deadlocked but one scenario would be to stopthe second round from happening," said a political activist whowitnessed the meeting. "We plan to call for marches on Monday, Wednesday and a bigmillion-man march on Friday," the activist said.
By Sunday morning, a few hundred were still gathered inTahrir Square - focal point of the January 2011 uprising thatbrought down the longtime U.S. ally - and said they would stayuntil those killed in the uprising were avenged. "This was not a fair verdict and there is mass rejection of thejudge's ruling," said one protester, Amr Magdy. "Tahrir will fillup again with protesters. Plastic CNC Router Manufacturer
In Egypt the only way you can get anyjustice is by protesting because all the institutions are stillcontrolled by Mubarak figures." The long-awaited Mubarak verdict deepened fear among manypro-democracy campaigners that recent developments are reversingEgypt's emergence from decades of autocratic rule. Many of the young liberal and left-wing revolutionaries who beganthe uprising were dismayed when their own candidates lost the firstround of the presidential election last month. The vote is seen as the last step in a transition from militaryrule to civilian government. A run-off on June 16 and 17 will pit Mubarak's last prime ministerAhmed Shafiq, who holds Mubarak as a role model, against thecandidate of the socially conservative Muslim Brotherhood, MohamedMursi. Laserpoint Vinyl Cutter
Dozens of young men ransacked Shafiq's campaign office in Fayoumsouth of Cairo overnight, the second such attack in recent days,state news website al-Ahram reported. A Shafiq campaigner in Cairosaid he was not aware of the attack. Footage posted on Al-Ahram's website showed youths destroying andburning Shafiq's pictures and banners and others chanting: "Fayoumsays Ahmed Shafiq is feloul," an Arabic word used to refer toremnants of the Mubarak era. Leftist Hamdeen Sabahy, who failed to progress to the electionrun-off, joined thousands of protesters in Tahrir late on Saturday.The Brotherhood's Mursi also toured the square. "We are in disbelief that either Shafiq or Mursi could bepresident," said Ahmed Abdulla, 21, one of hundreds of hard-corefootball fans who have taken part in sporadic street protests sinceMubarak was toppled.
Mursi, who has been struggling to rally the support of candidatesdefeated in the first-round vote, met with Sabahy and anotherdefeated candidate, Islamist Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh, late onSaturday for a closed-door meeting, according to people whoattended the gathering. "The situation now is deadlocked but one scenario would be to stopthe second round from happening," said a political activist whowitnessed the meeting. "We plan to call for marches on Monday, Wednesday and a bigmillion-man march on Friday," the activist said.