By John Galt
July 23, 2011
The news overnight from Egypt is turning grimmer by the day. On Friday after prayers the protesters returned to march from Tahrir Square where thousands have been encamped since July 8 to the Defense Ministry building to show their displeasure over the police tactics and the slow pace of reforms under the military council. The best coverage comes from RIA Novosti below:
Over 230 injured in Cairo protests
02:31 24/07/2011MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti)
A total of 231 people were injured when pro-democracy protestors clashed with government supporters in the Egyptian capital Cairo, the MENA news agency said.
A Health Ministry spokesman said 39 people were hospitalized, others received first aid on site.
Thousands gathered near the Defense Ministry building on Saturday to demand the authorities to speed up democratic reforms in the country. Later in the day, the protestors clashed with a group of government supporters, who threw stones at the crowd.
Police had to fire shots in the air to prevent the crowd from forcing their way into the ministry building.
Months after an uprising in February that forced President Hosni Mubarak from power, the transitional military council which took over is often being criticized for slowing down political reforms.
The fresh protests are calling for faster political reforms and to demand that officials found guilty of abuse and corruption be brought to justice.
Unless there is some indication that the corruption at the military, political, and economic level is in the process of being eradicated, I am afraid we will only see these violent clashes expand in frequency and intensity. Stay tuned to this blog for further updates as they are published.
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