Nobel Peace Prize and former head of IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, came home on Friday to join the largest demonstrations against the government in recent decades, giving a boost to the movement of mass protest Egypt as authorities prepared for a new wave of protests that left seven dead.
68-year-old ElBaradei, former head of the nuclear watchdog of the UN and lead rival to Mubarak, who has tried to recreate himself as a pro-democracy activist in his country, said it would join the planned mass protests after Muslim prayers week Friday noon.
Egyptian Interior Ministry also warned of "decisive action" against protesters demand deportation of Mubarak.The protesters are also demanding the departure of the Minister of Interior, whose security forces have been accused of heavy-handed, and an end to decades of a state of emergency and a minimum wage increase.
0 Comments