Thousands join funeral prayers for latest victim of Egypt's revolution

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Thousands join funeral prayers for latest victim of Egypt's revolution

2011-07-17 03:31:14 GMT+7 (ICT)

CAIRO (BNO NEWS) -- Thousands of people on Saturday participated in funeral prayers for the latest victim of the Egyptian revolution at Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Ahram Online reported that people marched from Kasr El-Ainy Hospital, where 35-year-old Mostafa Ahmed Hassan recently died. He was shot in the head on January 28 during Egypt's revolution.

The march ended in Tahrir Square where thousands are still staging a sit-in pressing for the revolution's demands to be met. The protesters have set terms that if met would end the sit-in.

Among their demands are the immediate release of all civilians who have been sentenced by military courts and their retrial before civilian courts. They are also asking for the prosecution of those implicated in the killing of protesters during the January 25 Revolution.

On Saturday, Major General Tarek El-Mahdi, who is currently heading Egypt's broadcast networks and television, told protesters that he has collected the names of the revolutionaries currently detained in military prisons and will assure their release.

A protester, however, said demonstrators started chanting against the military council. El-Mahdi told Egyptian radio that he left the square after a young man tried to shout him down.

According to Amnesty International, at least 840 people were killed and over 6,000 people were injured in the violent repression that took place during the January uprising.

Ousted President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt in a 30-year-long regime, stepped down after the uprising. Mubarak will stand trial for corruption and murder charges on August 3, along his sons, Alaa and Gamal, and businessman Hussein Salem.

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