8/7/2019 Dateline of Egypt Protests for journalists, reporters and students (and more)

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DatelineDecember 17th 2010 - Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself alight in Sidi Bouzid,Tunisia

December 18th Protests start in Sidi Bouzid, first fights with the police start

December 24th Mohamed Anmari, a protester fatally shot by police during protests in Bouzaine

December 27th Protest reach Tunisian Capital, Tunis. Starts to spread across the country

December 28th Tunisian Trade Unions and lawyers join protests. President Ben Ali Calls protestors extremists and

Mercenaries in a televised broadcast. Remarks ignored and protests continue.

December 29th Ben Ali Shuffles Cabinet

December 31st

Tunisian National Lawyers Orders calls for more strikes to protest police actionNew Years Day,2011 Coptic church bombed in Alexandria, Egypt. First signs of unrest in nation.

January 3rd Protests turn violent in Thala, Tunisia

January 4th - Mohamed Bouazizi dies of his injuries

January 6th 95% of Tunisia's 8000 Lawyers go on strike

January 10th Tunisian Govt. announces indefinite closure of schools and universities in a bid to quell protest.

January 14th Ben Ali Dissolves Govt., declares emergency. Flees Country To Saudi Arabia in the following hours. Prime

Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi takes over as acting president.

January 15th - Ghannouchi gives reins of power to speaker Fouad Mebazza who is given 60 days to form a new govt.

January 17th Unity govt. announced. Protests continue against Ben Ali's Party RCD

January 22nd - Ghannouchi vowed to hand over power after holding free and transparent elections within 6 months

January 23rd Police Join Protests over salaries and to assuage blame over political deaths attributed to them under Ben Ali

January 25th - Yawm al-a ab,(Day Of Anger) Protests In Egypt. Tahrir(Liberation) Square occupied in Cairo. Deadlyclashes break out across Egypt. 1 policeman & 2 protestors killed.

January 26th International Arrest Warrants issued against Ben Ali, his wife and several members of his family

January 28th Protest against Ghannouchi in Tunisia. Friday of Angerprotests in Egypt. Egyptian govt. shuts down Mobile

telephony, Text Messaging and internet blocked. Mohamed ElBaradai joins protests In Tahrir. He is arrested. Violence

breaks out all across the country. ElBaradai released after US exerts financial pressure. Muslim brotherhood Members

arrested.

January 29th Mass exodus of tourists from Egypt. US begins to airlift its people out.

January 30th Army Arrives on scene.. Al Jazeera Egypt told to shut shop by govt.

January 31st Armed forces refuse to fire on civilians

February 1st - masrat milyn (March of the Millions) protests. Around 2 million people join protests in Cairo. Mubarak

states that he would not seek reelection and not hand power over to his son Gamal.

February 2nd Battle Of Tahrir. Clash Break out between pro-Mubarak and protestors at Tahrir. Many are killed and

wounded. Ban Ki Moon, UN General Secretary calls for end to violence. Obama calls for immediate change. Similar

statements come from David Cameron, British PM. Internet services partially restored

February 3rd Army clears out flyover in Cairo used by Pro Mubarak activists to bombard Tahrir. Mubarak States in an

interview with ABC's Christiane Amanpour that he is fed up of being in power and the only thing stopping him from doing

so was that he didnt want the Muslim Brotherhood to benefit from the ensuing chaos.

February 4th - Friday of Departure protests. Over 2 million Egyptians congregate at Tahrir. Christians and Jews form a

human chain to protect Muslims offering prayers at the square. Us starts talks with Egyptian Vice President Suleiman for

the immediate removal of Mubarak. Ahmad Mohamed Mohmoud becomes first journalist to die in the Egyptian protests.

February 6th

Sunday Of Martyrs protest. Egyptian Christians celebrate mass at Tahrir, to counter claims by state runmedia that the protestors are mostly Muslim. Muslims form a human chain to reciprocate Gesture of other communities

on Friday of Departure. Muslims later participated in Salat al-Janazah (literally: funeral prayer).Ayman Mohyeldin Al-

Jazeerah Reporter is arrested but later on freed. Suleiman starts talks with opposition leaders, which fail. Protests to

continue.