CAIRO: Calls have been announced from Egypt's Tahrir Square for a “million man” march on Tuesday to “affirm the demands of the revolution” amidst a lack of what the protesters say is an adequate response from the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF). The march is expected to occur in all major Egyptian cities such as Alexandria, where protesters have been protesting since Friday and reports on Monday mentioned the demonstrators had cut off the Cornish road in an escalation of their sit-in. Other cities like Luxor, Aswan, Qena and Suez, where the protesters have threatened to escalate their sit-in into civil disobedience and threatened to cut off the navigation of the Suez Cannal if their demands of trying suspected police officers accused of killing protesters are not met. The number of protesters in Tahrir have dropped dramatically on Monday due to increased heat and students and workers returning to their schools and offices, while the Cairo's Mogamma, Egypt's main and largest administrative building remains shut down by protesters who prevented workers from entering the building. Some activists mentioned that Mogama workers have joined in the sit-in. Other activists said on social networks today Monday that electricity has been shut off from the square, accusing the military of cutting power. Local Egyptian newspaper al-Youm al-Saba'a mentioned that some of the protesters booted out the camera crew of independent TV channel ON TV after they interviewed workers from the Mogama's staff about their opinions of preventing them from going to their work. The channel has not issued a reply yet. The same paper also reported that protesters objected to the presence of the BBC news crew and tried to force them out of downtown Cairo. However, live reporting from BBC was ongoing on Monday afternoon, so if they had been booted from the area, they have been allowed to return. The protesters returned to Tahrir on Friday demanding a speedy trial of the old regime and are calling for a public trial of the uprising's killers. Around 1,000 were killed after police opened fire on protesters following the beginning of the uprising on January 25. BM
