Some Facts about the Tehrir Square: Date: 25 January 2011 – 11 February 2011 (2 weeks and 3 days) Location: Egypt Causes : Police brutality[1] State-of-emergency laws[1] Electoral fraud Political censorship[2] Corruption[2] Unemployment[3] Food price rises[3] Low wages[1][3] Demographic structural factors[4] Other regional protests Methods: Civil disobedience Civil resistance Demonstrations Online activism Riots Self-immolation Strike actions Result: Overthrow of Mubarak government Resignation of Prime Ministers Nazif and Shafik[5] Assumption of power by the military[6] Suspension of the Constitution and dissolution of the Parliament[7] Disbanding of the State Security Investigations Service[8] Dissolution of the NDP (the former ruling party) and transfer of its assets to the state[9] Prosecution of Mubarak, his family and former ministers[10][11][12] Lifting of 31-year-old state of emergency[13] Democratic election to replace Mubarak; Mohamed Morsi elected as new president[14] Protests in response to Morsis declaration of Islamist-backed draft constitution, ending with his ouster in a second revolution and a coup détat Ongoing civil unrest in response to coup Source: Wikipedia
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:50:18 +0000
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