Around 2,000 Egyptian protesters on Friday marched from Tahrir Square to the Defense Ministry’s headquarter in east Cairo, eyewitnesses said.
Heavy military police troops and Central Security Forces were deployed to block the march from passing through Abbassiya Sqaure, around one kilometer away from the fortified Ministry’s headquarter in Nasr City.
Meanwhile, protesters in Tahrir Square declared a sit-in on Friday following a rally to reclaim the revolution amid anger over the military rulers' handling of the transition.
Thousands had flocked to the epicentre of protests that toppled president Hosni Mubarak in February to demand an end to military trials of civilians, cleansing institutions of former regime remnants, amendment of a recently published electoral law and social justice.
Speakers at the main podium declared they would remain in the square until their demands were met, but some groups including the April 6 pro-democracy movement that had joined the protests refused to take part in the sit-in.
And the powerful Muslim Brotherhood stayed away from the demonstration.
