CAIRO: Qasr el-Nil prosecution on Monday ordered the release of 67 protesters detained in Tahrir Square during clashes with security forces that began Saturday. In related news, security forces arrested 39 protesters on Monday during the ongoing clashes in downtown Cairo. The arrested citizens denied all accusations against them. Some said they were on their way to private lessons, others that they were shopping in the downtown area when they smelled the tear gas and ran, and were consequently arrested by security forces. Others said they were only in Tahrir Square to see what was happening. RELATED STORIES: - Military police protect Ministry of Interior - Revolution Youth Union accuses military, Min of Interior of ‘massacre' - Unfinished business for Egypt's Tahrir protesters - 58 protesters arrested in Alexandria - Families of Tahrir dead receive bodies at mortuary - April 6 decided to resume their protest - Democratic Front call for a million-man demonstration on Tuesday November 22 - Cairo University students march to Tahrir, joining protesters - Tahrir protestors ask Sharaf to resign, refusing to Ministry of Interior break-in - Finland FM inspect situation in Tahrir square - 33 dead in Egypt clashes: morgue officials - Security Forces push demonstrators to retreat to Tahrir - In Video: Assistant Military Region claims thugs killed Tahrir demonstrators - Military police move around Tahrir Square - NCHR to form fact-finding mission investigating Tahrir clashes - Badei calls for urgent meeting for guidance bureau - Fire in National Assembly of Change headquarters - Non-stop clashes in Tahrir on Sunday Evening - El-Baradei condemns violence against demonstrators - Fire in apartment near MOI, protestors trying to put it out - Calm in Tahrir after CSF, protestors agree to ceasefire - Egypt violence rages into third day - Abu Ismail arrives in Tahrir amidst crackdown - SCAF: We apologize for Tahrir incidents
