{"id":358234,"date":"2011-04-01T12:41:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T12:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/thousands-demonstrate-in-tahrir-square\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T12:41:30","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T12:41:30","slug":"thousands-demonstrate-in-tahrir-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/thousands-demonstrate-in-tahrir-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands demonstrate in Tahrir Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"68.997871046229\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>By <b>Ivan Watson<\/b> and <b>Mohamed Fadel Fahmy<\/b>, CNN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"50.055191045928\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!--===========CAPTION==========--><\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<p>Tahrir Square on Monday &#8212; pro-democracy protesters filled the square on Friday, unhappy at perceived political set-backs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--===========\/CAPTION=========--> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Liberal activists feel they are behind more established political groups<\/li>\n<li>They oppose a proposed law to criminalize protests<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;For the next parliament elections we are sure that we will not be able to be ready,&#8221; says one leader<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>Cairo, Egypt (CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Cairo&#8217;s famous Tahrir Square on Friday, as part of an effort by liberal activists to revive their movement after a series of perceived political set-backs.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed the &#8220;Friday to Save the Revolution,&#8221; the rally is an effort to show opposition to a recent proposed law which would criminalize protests. It is also an effort to re-assert the youth movement which drove former president Hosni Mubarak from power.<\/p>\n<p>Many liberal activists fear they have been side-lined since Mubarak&#8217;s February 11 overthrow by Egypt&#8217;s ruling military council and by more politically-experienced Islamist groups, well disciplined after operating for decades in secret while facing harsh persecution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to ensure that our revolution is not stolen from us,&#8221; announced a flier published by the Youth Coalition, one of the more prominent associations that emerged from the revolution.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>The group denounced a recent raid by soldiers to break up a sit-in at Cairo University. It also demanded the prosecution of several former allies of Mubarak and the removal of Mubarak supporters from top positions at Egyptian television stations and newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with CNN, a spokesman for the Youth Coalition conceded that liberal groups were scrambling to catch up with better-established political organizations like the 83-year old Muslim Brotherhood ahead of parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place in September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in a competition with time,&#8221; said Mohamed Taman, an artist who suffered a bullet wound to the eye from security forces during the protests that began on January 25th. &#8220;For the next parliament elections we are sure that we will not be able to be ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian military used force to break up a previous protest in Tahrir Square on March 9. Activists described how they were beaten and tortured while in military detention.<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s gathering appears to have been sanctioned. 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