2020 Egyptian protests
[5] September 25th, the sixth day of the protests, was called "Friday of Rage" (Arabic: جُمْعة الغَضَب, ALA-LC: jumʿa al-ghaḍab).
[6] Because of Sisi's important role in the arrest and resignation of Morsi, people considered him a saviour from Islamist and Muslim Brotherhood rule.
[7] On 20 September, 2019, construction contractor and actor Mohamed Ali had called for people to protest against president Sisi through a video that he posted online.
[10] Sisi supporters turned to the streets as a counter-force, and, as videos of the demonstrations had circulated the internet, they responded online by using pro-Sisi hashtags.
[9] Amnesty International adds that besides arresting many, the Egyptian government also blocked the BBC and Alhurra news websites to try to stop the protests from spreading.
[14] Additionally, people had become frustrated when a government campaign issued fines and demolitions on unlicensed housing,[14] or illegal construction, as Sisi called it.
[7] During this campaign the first calls for a revolution on September 20, being the anniversary of the preceding year's protests, were published online and gained much attention.
[7] After Muhamed Ali supported the campaign by posting a call to action himself, people turned to the streets on September 20.
[15][7] Others believed that Ali deliberately wanted people to get detained or killed in protests, even going so far as accusing him of working together with the government.
[15] The videos and photos were accompanied by hashtags that became trending on Twitter, e.g. "the revolution began", "down with military rule",[15] and "go out on 20 September" (Arabic: #اِنْزِلـ20ـسِبْتِمْبِر, ALA-LC: #inzil_20_sibtimbir).
[4] In the village of Al-Kadaya (also written as Kidaya), Atfih, people had overturned a police car and set it on fire after security forces had surrounded them and asked them not to protest.
[1] Protesters pushed a car in a canal in Al-Hawarta, Minya, after security forces used teargas and fired weapons at them.
[20] Thousands of people responded to these calls by demonstrating after Friday prayer in Cairo, Giza, Damietta, and Luxor.
[5] In a shooting in al-Blida, in the Giza governorate, three people got wounded, and one 25 year old man, Sami Wagdy Bashir, was killed when riot police tried to disperse the crowd.
[24] During the funeral on the same day, mourners chanted "Sisi is the enemy of God" and "retribution by bullets", to which the police responded by firing warning shots and teargas, and arresting several people.
[19][23] These preemptive methods included random searches of residents and pedestrians,[25] police checking peoples phones,[10] and arresting over 1000 activists, political figures, intellectuals, university students, and other citizens.
[1] Several media channels said the videos and photos circulating the internet were Muslim Brotherhood propaganda, stating that there were no actual demonstrations taking place.
"[1] Several news outlets and articles stated the numbers of detentions, deaths, and injuries that resulted when authorities intervened throughout the course of the protests.
