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3 weeks 5 days ago - Egypt

Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered for marches across the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to mark the first anniversary of the "Friday of Rage".

Demonstrators began to converge in the capital's Tahrir Square - the focal point of protests - after Muslim noon prayers, on a day dubbed "the Friday of Pride and Dignity" by the dozens of pro-democracy groups organising the rallies.

In Tahrir, Sheikh Mazhar Shahin, the imam of the Omar Makram mosque located within the square, called for faster retribution for the deaths of protesters last year.

People came out on January 25, 2011 to call for freedom, justice, dignity and the end of a regime that spread all forms of corruption," Shahin told the crowd, referencing the date of the start of the uprising.

"We demanded the resignation of the regime, but after a year passed on the revolution, I'm asking; did the regime actually resign?" Shahin said.

"The revolution is continuous, we need a swifter purge of media and political trials for those who killed the protesters. I'm supporting you."

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4 weeks 8 hours ago - Egypt

In the latest development, about 3,000 people, who were pardoned by the military rulers coinciding with the anniversary, have now walked out of Tora prison located on the outskirts of Cairo.

In an apparent attempt to appease reformist demands, the military council has in recent days pardoned people convicted in military courts since Mubarak was toppled.

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4 weeks 8 hours ago - Egypt

Hosni Mubarak's ouster was only the beginning of a year of protest and unrest in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt. 

This interactive timeline by Al Jazeera's Gregg Carlstrom highlights the major protests, in Cairo and elsewhere, which began one year ago and have continued to this day. It will play automatically, or you can hover over the markers on the timeline to view a specific protest.

 

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4 weeks 8 hours ago - Egypt

Did Egypt's protesters die in vain?

Relatives of those killed during the uprising say they are still awaiting justice, a year after the violence erupted, Al Jazeera's Malika Bilal reports.

Click here to read more.


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4 weeks 8 hours ago - Egypt

Al Jazeera's Adam Makary reports from Suez, which saw the revolution's first death and where the first police station was torched last year:

adamakaryOnly a few hundred protesting now in #Suez's Midan Arbaeen but three big marches are headed in our direction #Egypt http://t.co/N4KuiEVOWed Jan 25 09:22:31 2012
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4 weeks 9 hours ago - Egypt

Cairo's Tahrir Square looks to be filled with people as Egypt marks first anniversary of revolution that toppled Mubarak.

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4 weeks 9 hours ago - Egypt

For a look back at the 18-day uprising that led to the fall of Mubarak and a look forward at what could be to come in Egypt, visit our spotlight page, where you'll find a scorecard of the revolution so far, our viewer's thoughts on whether the uprising has lived up to its expectations, a look into how relatives of those killed are still seeking justice and more.  

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4 weeks 9 hours ago - Egypt

The decision by Egypt's military to only partially scrap a decades-old emergency law is "an invitation to continued abuse" and the stifling of freedoms, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

"January 25 is the first anniversary of the day when Egyptians stood up together to demand an end to police abuse and thestate of emergency," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch.

"It is an insult to all those calling for a return to the rule of law to make excuses to keep this state of emergency, used abusively for so many years, in place," he said.

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4 weeks 10 hours ago - Egypt

Demonstrations have also been planned in Nahia area of Cairo.

This is the area from where the first protests leading to the revolution kicked off.

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4 weeks 10 hours ago - Egypt

Wael Khalil, Egyptian blogger and activist, told Al Jazeera that “the revolution has not achieved its goal and that’s why the main slogan now on the street is, people going back to Tahrir Square.

“Everything that has been achieved in the past one year was a result of people’s protests and demands,” he says.

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