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Egypt Revolution Relaunched: Live updates of 'Martyrs' Friday'
A blow-by-blow account of Friday protests across Egypt, calling for a swift transfer of power from military rule to a civilian government after a week of bloody clashes
Ahram Online Published in Ahram Online on 25 - 11 - 2011

12:15 Marches are planned to converge on Tahrir from several locations across Cairo today after Friday prayers. Six will arrive from Imbaba, Omraneya, Haram, Zamalek, Mostafa Mahmoud in Mohandiseen, Qasr El-Aini.
11:30People are preparing for prayers.
11:15Potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei is on his way to Tahrir Square to join the million-man march. ElBaradei wrote on his twitter account that he will take part in Friday prayer and the funeral prayers for the 41 who were killed during last week's clashes.
Mohamed ElBaradeitweets: On my way to Tahrir to pay my respects to the martyrs. Their sacrifice will not be in vain. Together we shall prevail
11:00Demonstrators are holding the images of those martyred during last week's clashes and chanting against Tantawi and Mubarak. What's more, there is an Islamist presence despite official boycotts by the Muslim Brotherhood, according to Ahram Online's reporter in the square.
Tahrir's protestershave refused to allow any podiums to be erected in the square, insisting that podiums have often been used by various political forces to hijack the political will of the revolution.
10:30 Tens of thousands of protesters have been arriving in Tahrir Square since the early morning as “Martyrs' Friday” kicks off. The already high turnout indicates that today's protester turnout will exceed that of Tuesday's successful million-man march.
This is despite a call by the Muslim Brotherhood for an alternative million-man march in defence of Arab Jerusalem's Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam's most holy shrines. The Brotherhood's march is to rally before the Azhar Mosque, but it is not yet known whether they have any intention of marching towards Tahrir.
Today the protesters are demanding that the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forced (SCAF) – along with its head, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi – hand over executive power to a civilian authority. They are also calling for the formation of a civilian presidential council or a “national salvation” government with full executive powers to administer the transitional period.
Other demands include the immediate release of arrested activists, an end to military trials for civilians, a speedy investigation into the bloody events at Maspero and Tahrir, the prosecution of anyone involved in killing protesters and a radical restructuring of the interior ministry.
Today's demonstration follows a week of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in which the latter bombarded Tahrir and its surrounding streets with its arsenal of teargas, rubber bullets and buckshot, leaving at least 41 dead and several thousand injured.

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