AJ Frankelis

January 16,2017
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/25/world/egypt-violence/

Two years ago on Egypt's revolution anniversary, more than 16 people were
killed by security officers. There was a small peaceful protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo
where a young activist Shaimaa El-Sabbagh was shot dead in the center of it . CNN
News interviewed police forces and other activists and people participating in the
protest. Police deny using anything but tear gas as they quelled protests . But ElSabbagh's colleagues at the Socialist Popular Alliance Party say police fired shots and
killed her (Sirgany, Lee, and Shoichet). During a peaceful protest all security forces
tightened on the day that Egyptians rid their country of the dictator Hosni Mubarak . The
people of Egypt are against their new president , Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, because he has
started to shift back to the ways of Mubarak and has not answered the people
demands. Along with El-Sabagh, fifteen others died as well that day including two men
who were trying to plant a bomb in Behira Province . Many Egyptians were also arrested
that night on January 25. Though most of them got released as quickly as they got
arrested. Journalist covering the events were detained by police forces even though
they were just observing. Four years ago on Police Day, a national holiday celebrated
January 25, thousands of Egyptians marched to protest security violations. The protests
quickly gained momentum as clashes with security forces left hundreds dead and
culminated in the ouster of then-President Hosni Mubarak (Sirgany, Lee, and
Shoichet). Personally I find this to be tragic that on the day the Egyptian people won
their freedom from the dictator. Won their freedom from corruption and unemployment
through protests. On the remembrance protest, 16 Egyptians die. Over 100,000 people
protested in 2011 Police Day events. Revolution 2.0 by Wael Ghonim captures all of the
action and build up before Mubarak steps down and the people of Egypt win. Ghonim
was a Facebook activist at the time and worked hard with other online groups to
organize and execute the protests to make their voices heard. The problem with
protesting in Egypt, is that the government doesnt know if it's a peaceful protest or if

there is terrorists among the crowd. The Interior Ministry said in a statement to state
media last December that it had arrested 10,000 rioters, saboteurs and terrorists in
2014 alone (Sirgany, Lee, and Shoichet). The aforementioned terrorists trying to plant
the bomb during the protests is why police forces and state security have to be tight. Its
not just Egypt, there are terror attacks everywhere in the world. The anniversary of the
Police Day protests is coming up in 2017. This year Im interested to see if Egypt has
another protest to remember. If they do, which is mostly likely going to happen because
they are restless, I want to see if the government will be scared again. If they will be
terrified enough to kill innocent, peaceful protesters.