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Suez Youth Bloc calls for sit-in to defend Egyptian revolution
The main youth coalition in Suez, one of the engines of the January 25 Revolution, has called for an open sit-in until the unfulfilled demands of the revolution are met
Dina Samak Published in Ahram Online on 30 - 06 - 2011

The Suez Youth Bloc has called for a sit-in to start Thursday night until Friday, until a protest they called for yesterday begins.
The bloc called Wednesday for a protest on 1 July in solidarity with the families of the martyrs of the Egyptian revolution after clashes erupted in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Tuesday night.
“We decided to start the sit-in and also call for an open sit-in from 8July until all our demands are met,” Ahmed Khafagi, one of the bloc's founders, told Ahram Online.
“It is not acceptable that the [families of those]who paid the highest prices in this revolution are called thugs and that some of them are facing military trials while the real criminals have not yet been brought to justice."
The bloc, which identifies itself as “a group of young people who love Suez and Egypt and who participated in the revolution and are willing to participate in building the country,” are adopting the slogan of “The poor first” for their protest on Friday, 8 July whileis raising a number of social and political demands.
Demands include a minimum wage of LE1200, setting a plan for ending unemployment in the city, and the fast trial of all those responsible for the killing of protesters since 25January.
Putting an end to military trials for civilians and taking quick measures against corrupt members of Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party are also among the demands.
“We know that achieving what we went out for on 25January and after will not be an easy task, but we are ready to pay the price needed for fulfilling our demands,” says Khafagi. “We see ourselves as part of Tahrir Square and they are part of our struggle too.”
The portal city ofSuezwitnessed some of the first casualties in the January 25 Revolution and is considered by Egyptians as one of the engines of the revolution that ousted Mubarak.

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