I got hold of some rare photos of the famous February 1986 Interior Ministry’s Central Security Forces conscripts mutiny. Mubarak had to call in the army to smash the uprising.
It was the third time in modern Egyptian history that army tanks swarmed through the capital, after the 1952 coup and the 1977 Bread Intifada.
Around 800 miners in Zagazig staged a sit in on Sunday, accusing the Sharqiya province governor of not paying them their bonuses for three years. The miners threatened to descend on Cairo, and demonstrate in front of Mubarak’s house, if their demands are not met within 10 days.
The Judges’ Club has announced it will be launching a campaign against Mubarak’s proposed constitutional amendments, and in specific: a) Mubarak’s proposal to change Article 88 of the constitution that enforces judicial supervision over elections; b) the proposed counterterrorism law which is to replace the Emergency Law Egypt has lived under since the start of Mubarak’s reign. The counterterrorism law is expected to basically make the current Emergency Law a permanent reality.