Egypt’s attorney general on Thursday accused 149 “Day of Anger” protesters of conspiring to topple the regime. Nationwide protests calling for reform were the largest witnessed in the 30-year history of President Hosni Mubarak’s administration.
Those calling for overthrowing the regime face five years in prison and those who attempt to overthrow the regime using weapons face 25 years, said Gamal Eid, head of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information.
“The regime is used to accusing protesters in general with attempting to topple it,” Eid told Al-Masry Al-Youm.
Protesters also face other charges such as threatening peace and social security, damaging public and private property and assaulting policemen.
Judicial sources said that all detainees denied the charges during the interrogations and asserted they took to the streets to protest peacefully in an attempt to express their opinions about the regime, parliamentary councils and police.
