For the fourth consecutive day, Egyptians took to the streets to demand the departure of President Hosni Mubarak, 82 years in office for three decades. Tens of thousands of people marched in most major cities after Friday prayers, responding to the call of the Movement of 6-April, a group of young pro-democracy.
These demonstrations were harshly repressed in As of the day, but did not prevent the gatherings continue late into the evening in Cairo and other cities. Hosni Mubarak, silent for four days, spoke on the night of Friday to Saturday, promising a new government and reforms. At least 20 dead and more than 1000 injured Friday evening, medical sources struck a balance of 13 dead and 75 injured during clashes between demonstrators and security forces for the single city of Suez, east of Cairo .
This assessment is in addition to 8 deaths and 1 030 injured by medical authorities identified in the Egyptian capital, interviewed by. Tension mounted throughout the day, and following deadly clashes between police and protesters, authorities imposed a curfew to apply 18 hours (17 pm Paris time) to 7 hours (6:00 am Paris time), "from Friday until further notice" in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez.
However, a certain lawlessness continued to prevail Friday night in the Egyptian capital. While the soldiers crossed the military trucks (and making the sign of victory for the people still massively present in the streets), several scenes of looting were reported. The army said it had surrounded the National Museum in Cairo, to protect it from looting and damage.
Hosni Mubarak expressed Mubarak spoke on national television the night of Friday to Saturday. Ago announced he had asked the Egyptian government "to resign" on Saturday before the formation of a new cabinet, and promised democratic reforms. "There will be no turning back on the path of reform that we chose, and we move forward with new measures that confirm our respect for the independence of justice and freedom for citizens," said Egyptian president.
Until then, only Al-Mustapha Fekkai, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Assembly and member of the National Democratic Party, commented: "The only safe option is not sufficient and the president is the only able to stop these events, "he said, adding that" unprecedented efforts "are needed to avoid a" revolution "in Egypt.
>> Read: Mubarak dismiss the government demonstrators clash antirégime to police despite a massive deployment of security forces, the demonstrations were more numerous than previous days. Is unprecedented since the start of mobilization, the Muslim Brotherhood, the main opposition force in the country, had called on their supporters to take to the streets.
The participation of the opponent Mohamed ElBaradei has also given new visibility to the movement. The latter returned the day before in Egypt and declaring that he would carry a possible transition to power, briefly attended a protest in the center of the capital, before it is dispersed by the police.
According to Al-Jazeera, the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency has been unable to move by the authorities and had to take refuge in a mosque in Cairo. Two police stations were torched and the headquarters of the National Democratic Party (NDP) party of Hosni Mubarak.
By early evening, according to Al-Arabiya, demonstrators stormed the headquarters of the Egyptian public television, but the programs of the chain were not interrupted. Internet made inaccessible by the Egyptian government had cut off Internet access throughout the country on Thursday midnight.
Social networks like Twitter and Facebook, usually used to organize rallies and are inaccessible. This is a historic first: until now, no regime had used a total blockage of the Internet in response to events. >> Read our explanations: How Egypt cut the Internet? Telephone messaging services were not working either.
According to the phone company Vodafone, the Egyptian government requested the suspension of all mobile phone services in "specific areas" of the country. Foreign journalists took part in four French journalists were briefly detained in Cairo late morning. The reporters work for LeJournal Sunday, Le Figaro, the Sipa photo agency, and the weekly Paris-Match.
Channels Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya also reported police brutality against some of their journalists in Cairo. 
These demonstrations were harshly repressed in As of the day, but did not prevent the gatherings continue late into the evening in Cairo and other cities. Hosni Mubarak, silent for four days, spoke on the night of Friday to Saturday, promising a new government and reforms. At least 20 dead and more than 1000 injured Friday evening, medical sources struck a balance of 13 dead and 75 injured during clashes between demonstrators and security forces for the single city of Suez, east of Cairo .
This assessment is in addition to 8 deaths and 1 030 injured by medical authorities identified in the Egyptian capital, interviewed by. Tension mounted throughout the day, and following deadly clashes between police and protesters, authorities imposed a curfew to apply 18 hours (17 pm Paris time) to 7 hours (6:00 am Paris time), "from Friday until further notice" in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez.
However, a certain lawlessness continued to prevail Friday night in the Egyptian capital. While the soldiers crossed the military trucks (and making the sign of victory for the people still massively present in the streets), several scenes of looting were reported. The army said it had surrounded the National Museum in Cairo, to protect it from looting and damage.
Hosni Mubarak expressed Mubarak spoke on national television the night of Friday to Saturday. Ago announced he had asked the Egyptian government "to resign" on Saturday before the formation of a new cabinet, and promised democratic reforms. "There will be no turning back on the path of reform that we chose, and we move forward with new measures that confirm our respect for the independence of justice and freedom for citizens," said Egyptian president.
Until then, only Al-Mustapha Fekkai, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Assembly and member of the National Democratic Party, commented: "The only safe option is not sufficient and the president is the only able to stop these events, "he said, adding that" unprecedented efforts "are needed to avoid a" revolution "in Egypt.
>> Read: Mubarak dismiss the government demonstrators clash antirégime to police despite a massive deployment of security forces, the demonstrations were more numerous than previous days. Is unprecedented since the start of mobilization, the Muslim Brotherhood, the main opposition force in the country, had called on their supporters to take to the streets.
The participation of the opponent Mohamed ElBaradei has also given new visibility to the movement. The latter returned the day before in Egypt and declaring that he would carry a possible transition to power, briefly attended a protest in the center of the capital, before it is dispersed by the police.
According to Al-Jazeera, the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency has been unable to move by the authorities and had to take refuge in a mosque in Cairo. Two police stations were torched and the headquarters of the National Democratic Party (NDP) party of Hosni Mubarak.
By early evening, according to Al-Arabiya, demonstrators stormed the headquarters of the Egyptian public television, but the programs of the chain were not interrupted. Internet made inaccessible by the Egyptian government had cut off Internet access throughout the country on Thursday midnight.
Social networks like Twitter and Facebook, usually used to organize rallies and are inaccessible. This is a historic first: until now, no regime had used a total blockage of the Internet in response to events. >> Read our explanations: How Egypt cut the Internet? Telephone messaging services were not working either.
According to the phone company Vodafone, the Egyptian government requested the suspension of all mobile phone services in "specific areas" of the country. Foreign journalists took part in four French journalists were briefly detained in Cairo late morning. The reporters work for LeJournal Sunday, Le Figaro, the Sipa photo agency, and the weekly Paris-Match.
Channels Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya also reported police brutality against some of their journalists in Cairo.
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