Live blog Feb 3 - Egypt protests - Part 3 (Video Inside)
From our headquarters in Doha, we keep you updated on all things Egypt, with reporting from Al Jazeera staff in Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez. Live Blog: Jan28 - Jan29 - Jan30 - Jan31 - Feb1 - Feb2 - Feb3
11:21 am A first-hand account from the blogger Sandmonkey:
This protest is not one made or sustained by the Muslim Brotherhood; it's one that had people from all social classes and religious background in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood only showed up on Tuesday, and even then they were not the majority of people there by a long shot.
11:19 am The latest from one of our web producers on Tahrir square:
Talked with several soldiers manning barricades around Tahrir Square -- said they have orders not to allow anyone else in, and to separate the pro-Mubarak and pro-democracy groups.
11:05 am In Yemen, tens of thousands of people square off in street protests for and against the government in an opposition-led "Day of Rage". The protests come a day after Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh offered to step down in 2013. By early morning, anti-government activists drew more than 20,000 in Sanaa, the capital.
10:58 am Egypt's vice president Omar Suleiman held dialogue with the country's political parties and national forces.
10:37 am Comments many thought unthinkable at the time seem to have come true. This is a Amnesty International statement from 19 April 2010:
Amnesty International on Monday condemned comments by an Egyptian MP and member of the ruling party who urged the police to shoot protesters that have been calling for political reform over the last several weeks.
10:30 am Al Jazeera footage from Tahrir square overnight:
10:22 am Reports from doctors on ground in Tahrir square say seven people were killed overnight, our correspondent says.
10:15 am Demonstrators in Tahrir Square in central Cairo are seen beating and scuffling with opposing protesters as clashes between pro- and anti-Mubarak crowds continue into their second day.
10:11 am Sixty-two Egyptian human rights organisations warned against internal violence in Egypt due president Mubarak’s insistence to stay in office.
The organisations said in a statement that they suspected the seriousness of what was announced by Mubarak’s decisions because they coincided with the attack on demonstrators in Tahrir Square.
9: 44 am No negotiation will be held with any member of Mubarak’s regime unless Mubarak leaves, Egypt's Kifaya (Enough) opposition movement, told Al Jazeera.
9: 43 am Hamdy Kandil, spokesperson for the Egyptian National Association for Change led by ElBaradei, has told Al Jazeera that Mubarak will be personally responsible if another "massacre" takes place in Tahrir Square.
9:36 am Anti-government protesters say they were more determined than ever to topple president Mubarak after supporters loyal to him charged Tahrir Square last night, sparking violence that killed five people.
Hundreds of people have camped in Tahrir Square overnight despite the violence. Many protesters guarded barricades around the square against pro-Mubarak loyalists.
9:33 am The Egyptian Movement for Change calls on the army to protect innocent protesters.
9:06 am Anti-Mubarak crowds have changed their chant, now saying: We want the murderer Mubarak to be hanged or tried.
9:04 am Pro-Mubarak crowds are planning to go back to Tahrir square in larger numbers today, one of our web producers reports from Cairo.
8:55 am Egypt's health minister, Ahmed Samih Farid confirms five people were killed in violence in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Most of the casualties were the result of stone throwing and attacks with metal rods and sticks. At dawn today there were gunshots. The real casualties taken to hospital were 836, of which 86 are still in hospital and there are five dead
8:42 am Egyptian state TV says five people were killed and more than 800 wounded overnight in Tahrir square.
8:35 am Anti-government activist Alaa Abdel Fattah in Cairo tells Al Jazeera:
I don't know what comes next, but if we are willing to die for it, I don't think we can be defeated.
8:08 am Anti-government protesters and supporters of president Mubarak continue to throw stones at each other as the sun rises above Cairo.
