Egypt braces for anti-government protests
event organizers said they hope to seize the momentum for regional political change, as the Tunisians, who 10 days ago forced the collapse rule Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is 23 years.
The Egyptian government has not issued permits for demonstrations planned Tuesday.
In an interview published Tuesday in the State of Interior Habib al-Adly Minister Ahram warned that "security agencies are able to stop any attempt to help" the protests and called for efforts "staging street protests ineffective youth .
By early Tuesday morning, had over 90,000 people across the country have committed to participate in the event of a Facebook group entitled "We Are All Khaled Said," the name of an activist from Alexandria who was killed by the police.
Group calls for raising the minimum wage, fired the interior minister to create a two-term presidential term limit and refusing to existing emergency laws which the group says, "has led to the police control" over the people and the nation.
To highlight the role of police corruption, organizers tapped 25 January - Police Day and National Day - to organize demonstrations.
Amnesty International issued a statement Monday, "urges the Egyptian authorities to crack down" on the planned demonstration at the national level.
The banned Muslim Brotherhood, the largest organized opposition to the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, said he has no formal presence of the incident on Tuesday, but some of its members have been summoned and threatened with arrest and detention "if they attend and protest, "said Amnesty International.
There was no doubt, the opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei, to participate in the events. However, he was posted to the opinions of the efforts in support of its Twitter account.
He also issued a video statement posted Monday on YouTube to the police.
"I sympathize with you because you are sometimes asked to do things that I do," ElBaradei said.
"Someday, I hope you'll find your role as protector of the people. Instead of protecting the voter fraud ... I am sure all of you deep inside forward to the day where his role will be with new people and some of them rather than against them, "he added.
Public opinion against state security forces has increased recently with allegations of police brutality videos found on the Internet. A recent report by Human Rights Watch said the problem is "epidemic" and "in most cases, officials torture detainees to extract information and forced confessions, sometimes resulting in death in police custody.
Some of the other human rights organizations - such as the Arab human rights - have drawn a comparison between Egypt and Tunisia, Ben Ali, a government report at the level of corruption and police violence.
Adly Minister of the Interior has rejected such a comparison, calling it "propaganda" that had been dismissed by politicians as "lack of intellectual maturity."
But Nahla, who plans to attend events on Tuesday, disagrees. She wrote in an online post: "I hope that the revolution [Tunisia-style] will be taught in history and the Egyptians are learning in school later on January 25 revolution .."