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Britain: Cairo should heed protestors

Amid anti-government protests in Britain, Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has called on Egypt’s president to listen to demonstrators challenging his regime.

“President Mubarak spoke last night of his commitment to take new steps towards greater democracy and freedom for the citizens. We call on him now to listen urgently to the aspirations expressed by the Egyptian people,” Hague said.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians have been protesting for the last five days to end Mubarak’s 30 years of presidency.

This comes as Londoners held a remarkable protest in Victoria Park on Saturday in support of demonstrations in Egypt, which have raised alarms in Britain.

“We remain deeply concerned about the level of violence we have witnessed over the past few days,” the Foreign Secretary said.

Earlier this week, British Prime Minister David Cameron highlighted the need for reform in Egypt. That was when protestors were warned to stay away from main cities of the UK.

The Foreign Secretary said that Britain calls on Mubarak to act moderately and also asked Egyptians to continue fighting for justice peacefully.

Amid British people protests against the government’s cuts and abuse of human rights in the country, officials distracted people’s attention to Egypt.

When Hague sent consular resources to Cairo, Egypt’s capital, in order to support British nationals, violent clashes were at their highest between the police and students in London.

The clashes ended in injuring several protestors and arresting dozens of them.

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