 Thousands of students have demonstrated throughout Egypt to demand that parliamentary elections next month be free and fair. Organised by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most potent opposition force, protests were staged at four universities in Cairo and several other cities under the slogan "Together for reform: Free university ... Free country".
| "One man! One vote! One time!" |
"State security is everywhere on campus," said 24-year-old demonstrator Alaa Alam. "We have no freedom to do anything. The security services do not only target us religious Muslims, but everyone in our country's universities. There is a movement for reform in Egypt, and we are part of it. We are not asking for something extraordinary, we are just demanding our rights." |