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#Egypt jails seven men for life over sexual assaults
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An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced seven men to life in prison over sexual assaults at #Cairo's Tahrir Square, including during celebrations marking Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s presidential election victory last month. Since the uprising that toppled long-time president Hosni Mubarak in 2011, the problem of sexual harassment has grown enormously in Egypt, with women regularly attacked at rallies by mobs of men in and around the iconic square, the epicenter of protests. (AFP)

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Rival #Egypt demos mark 2011 anti-army protests
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Dozens of supporters and opponents of the army gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Tuesday to mark the anniversary of anti-military protests, amid mounting anger over a memorial to those killed in Egypt’s uprising. The 2011 demonstrations in central Cairo were against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the military junta that took power after the fall of Mubarak. The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, which has held regular protests against the military for ousting president Mohammed Mursi, (...)

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#Egypt's Anti-Coup Alliance advises supporters to avoid Tahrir Square
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An Islamist alliance urged its supporters to stay away from Cairo’s Tahrir Square during protests Friday to avoid more bloodshed after a week in which nearly 80 Egyptians were killed. The Anti-Coup Alliance, which rejects Egypt’s military-installed government, said the “coup regime is shedding blood without any respect to law or values adopted by our great people”. “So the alliance is calling for marchers to evade places of bloodshed, be it Tahrir or other squares,” said a statement from (...)

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Egypt Islamists call for fresh marches to Tahrir - Ahram Online
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Pro-Morsi alliance plans marches to Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, shows no sign of ending protests despite deadly security crackdown.

Egypt’s ’eye-sniper’ sentenced amid ongoing clashes

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An Egyptian police officer nicknamed the “eye sniper” was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in prison for his involvement in deadly clashes in Cairo in 2011.
Judge Makram Awad of the Cairo criminal court sentenced Mahmud al-Shinnawi to three years for having targeted the eyes of demonstrators during protests on Mohammed Mahmoud street, near Cairo’s Tahrir Square in November 2011.

Egyptian tanks enter Tahrir Square - Al Jazeera English
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The Egyptian army deployed troops in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Monday and fired shots in the air to disperse remaining pro-democracy protesters.

A few hundred demonstrators were staying put, state television reported, showing army vehicles in the square and people taking down tents and canopies.

Local authorities say they asked demonstrators to allow traffic to move through the square, after local shopkeepers clashed with protesters for interfering with their businesses.

Demonstrators reportedly refused, so the military and riot police moved in.

The protesters responded by throwing stones and rocks at the security forces and several protesters were injured in the clashes, officials said. Activists said several protesters had been arrested.

Members of the April 6th protest movement say the military did not just storm the square, but attacked the mosque where protesters had sought shelter.