Madrid. .- Thousands of people gathered in Tahrir Square flagship of Cairo to protest a law passed on Wednesday by the Government which sets penalties of up to one year imprisonment and harsh economic sanctions for those involved in acts of protest and strikes. The protest also served to demand a thorough judicial process against political officials and businessmen linked to the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak on the grounds that open trials so far are mere "imagination", according to the Egyptian daily "Al Masry Al Youm ' .
The protesters recalled that during President Mubarak alleged offenders were charged and imprisoned quickly and demanded that the same policy will be applied to him and his family. In addition, some 2,000 protesters have gathered outside the headquarters of state broadcaster to demand greater press freedom and the removal of all directors of state media related to the Mubarak regime.
The protesters chanted version of the famous "the people want the fall of the" modified "the people want freedom of press." One of the activists participating in the protest, Wael Abbas, said that it has been less up precisely because the new law on demonstrations. "It scared people and fear of being sentenced to prison if they leave now.
Even Mubarak could have passed such a law," he said. 
The protesters recalled that during President Mubarak alleged offenders were charged and imprisoned quickly and demanded that the same policy will be applied to him and his family. In addition, some 2,000 protesters have gathered outside the headquarters of state broadcaster to demand greater press freedom and the removal of all directors of state media related to the Mubarak regime.
The protesters chanted version of the famous "the people want the fall of the" modified "the people want freedom of press." One of the activists participating in the protest, Wael Abbas, said that it has been less up precisely because the new law on demonstrations. "It scared people and fear of being sentenced to prison if they leave now.
Even Mubarak could have passed such a law," he said.
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