Tens of thousands converge in Cairo to demand Mubarak go

[cal04]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110201/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt



Tens of thousands of people flooded into the heart of Cairo Tuesday, filling the city's main square as a call for a million protesters was answered by the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power.

Rivers of protesters arrived in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square at checkpoints guarded by protesters and the army, which promised Monday night that it would not fire on protesters.

The announcement was a sign that army support for Mubarak may be unraveling as momentum builds for an extraordinary eruption of discontent and demands for democracy in the United States' most important Arab ally.

"We are not going anywhere until Mubarak leaves," said Mohammed Abdullah, a 27-year-old aviation engineer.



Egypt braces for 'march of millions' as Mubarak cuts communications
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/01/egypt.protests/index.html?hpt=T1




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http://twitter.com/#!/ArabRevolution
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[Turborama]

1. Hundreds of thousands....

You can see them all here: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[gateley]

2. I was just going to post that even though they've been banned, AJE seems to be

doing the best coverage of this -- again (or should I say 'still') and keep referring to "our corespondent in an undisclosed location" so it seems as though they prevailed! :headbang:

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. AP did the same shit when we had massive protests here

Downplay the amount of people, marginalize the movement,discredit the opposition.

[gateley]

8. This is even more of an eye-opener comparing our "coverage" with that of Al Jazeera -

Seeing, again, that we don't get the "news" at all!

There are very few in the media here who deserve to call themselves journalists. :grr:

[Turborama]

7. They deserve an award for the work they are doing. What's that really prestigious one?

It's on the tip of my tongue....

:hi:

[gateley]

9. The coveted DUzy?

:7

Checking Google, there's a report of the BBC winning the 'prestigious DuPont' award for their coverage in Haiti.

I keep thinking "Peabody" for some reason. :shrug:


ETA:

THE GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARDS....
...recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by TV and radio stations, networks, producing organizations, individuals and the World Wide Web.

The awards program, established in 1940 and administered by the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the oldest, most prestigious honor in electronic media.

http://www.peabody.uga.edu/

[cal04]

3. thanks Turborama

:hi:

[Turborama]

6. My pleasure! They're saying over a million now.

I wonder what they're all going to do? Apparently the roads are all blocked up and the buildings are surrounded by tanks.

What if the army just go: "Fuck it, come on guys let's go and get him!"

[Catherina]

10. I wish they would. n/t

[Turborama]

11. They just said over 2 million (even though banner says "up to")

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[Catherina]

13. 2 million in Cairo alone! They walked! Gave each other rides!

Slept there!

Puts us to shame.

Thanks. Now I'm crying.

Thank you Egypt.

[Catherina]

5. The caption reads 1 million now. Just added that there are 10s of thousands

on the Kasr bridge alone!

What a spectacular sight.

[Statistical]

12. More like millions now.

[spanone]

14. why not 'dozens'....ahhh yahoo noooze

[cal04]

15. Jubilant crowds flood Cairo, escalating protests

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_egypt

More than a quarter-million people flooded Cairo's main square Tuesday in a stunning and jubilant array of young and old, urban poor and middle class professionals, mounting by far the largest protest yet in a week of unrelenting demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power.


Demands of Egyptian protesters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110201/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_protest_demands


Analysis: Time up for Egypt's Mubarak, but what next?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/01/us-egypt-mubarak-time-idUSTRE7106NP20110201
(snip)
Protesters among perhaps a million on the streets said he should face prosecution and retribution for years of repression, corruption, mismanagement of wealth and police brutality.


A Revolution, Unplugged
By Aprille Muscara
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54316
Despite the Hosni Mubarak regime's attempts at muzzling communication and dissent, and the reportedly government- sanctioned shutdown of Egypt's last standing Internet service provider to individual users Monday, Egyptians are still managing to get their voices heard and mobilise - both through advanced technical workarounds and older, traditional technologies.

"We're seeing that this is a country, a regime, which is hell-bent on trying to silence the people and not let the word get out," Middle East and North Africa regional editor of Global Voices Amira al Hussaini told IPS in a telephone interview from Bahrain.

"He and his ministers should be put on trial. They should not leave unpunished for the wealth they stole," said Mursi Imaeeddine, a vegetable vendor in the slum city of Imbaba. "He starved the people. People are suffering from his policies."