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Day of Rage
On a national holiday to commemorate police forces, citizens take to the street by the hundreds and begin to protest chanting "Down with Mubarak!' Police retalitate with tear gas and water cannons. Three protestors and one Police officer are killed. -
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unrest in egypt timeline
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Egypt shuts down the internet
Only hours before the largest planned protest yet, the internet in Egypt is shut down. At one point there was no internet in Cairo at all. People outside of Egypt conducted tests by tracing IP adresses and discovered that it was blocked on a country wide level instead of simple censoring. -
Presedent Mubarak tells Egypt he will not seek re-election
Mubarak said he would carry out the rest of his term to help with a peaceful transfer of power. He also vowed not to leave the country. He said, "This dear nation .. is where I lived, I fought for it and defended its soil, sovereignty and interests. On its soil I will die. History will judge me like it did others" This statement was made after his allies in the US told him that they saw his precidency coming to an end. -
Internet in Egypt returns
After 5 days of cut connections the internet is back online. It was originaly suspeded in an attempt to stop the nation wide protests. -
Inagural session
Egypt 498 lawmakers are sworn in. The parliament is mostly of the Muslim Brother hood amoung other religious groups. Many people celebrated even as the riot police kept guard outside. The muslim brother hood controlls 47% of the seats while the Salsfis have nearly 25% -
Egypt court strikes down martial law decree
The ruling comes about because of rights groups. It sets back the milrary rulers who wanted to tighten their grip and limit the presidents power. It struck down a government decree that allowed soldiers and military to arrest civilians. -
Pardon of revolutionaries
President Mohommad Morsi issues a pardon of hundreds of activists who were arrested during the revolution and its aftermath. He was praised by human rights groups for pardoning what could be over 1,000 people. -
changes in the cabnet
President Morsi makes some changes to the cabinet and strenghtens the Muslim Brotherhoods hold on power. this angered many who wanted the oposite action taken. They wanted to even out the islamic influence.
