Where: Talaat Harb Square
When: Saturday, January 16th, 6 p.m.
• Please spread the word and make use of any press contacts you may have developed in Egypt or abroad.
• If you will be in Cairo on the 16th, please send an email to ben@cairodeclaration.org ASAP to find out how internationals can help Egyptians in this common cause.
As all Egyptians know, they could face severe reprisal from the dictatorship's security apparatus for protesting at a square such as Talaat Harb; the presence of internationals and of the press may help prevent reprisals. This is the first time in over a year and a half that an Egyptian protest at a significant square has been attempted.
The April 6 Youth Movement has been mobilizing on its website and on its Facebook group of 70,000. Leading members of Karameh, Revolutionary Socialists, El Ghad and Democratic Front have endorsed the action and participation by the youth in other opposition groups is anticipated. What follows is a translation from the April 6 site:
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There is no longer any doubt that a deal exists between the Egyptian regime and the US and Israeli administrations: In return for the regime's intensifying of its blockade of Gaza by all means, including by constructing an underground steel wall, the US and Israel will turn a blind eye to the suppression of opposition in Egypt and thereby assist Hosni Mubarek's succession plans.
For the sake of the succession of Mubarak's son and the survival of Egypt's ruling party, Egypt has become a nothing more than a patron of US interests and a mere protector of Israel.
On the 16th and 17th of January, the anniversary of the last days of the brutal shelling of Gaza last year, hundreds of activists around the world will undertake various activities to remember and commemorate this aggression.
We invite you all to join us for a silent candlelight vigil in Talaat Harb Square on Saturday, January 16, at six p.m.
Our vigil will commemorate the anniversary of the attack on Gaza, so that we do not forget. Our vigil will also to express our rejection of the steel wall that protects Israel's security, while prolonging the survival of the National Party in power and the suffering of the people.
No to corrupt arrangements to allow for presidential succession without a democratic process!
No to deceiving the Egyptian people with false arguments about Egyptian sovereignty!
No to participating in the siege of the Palestinian people!
•April 6 Youth
•Youth who love Egypt
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