Oppression in Egypt 'worse than before', but few have appetite to fight
Killings and arrests take toll on protest movements, with little sign of revolutionary zeal on eve of fifth anniversary of popular uprising
Cairo's Tahrir Square was the scene of revolutionary protests five years ago (AFP)
Five years ago, some two million Egyptians took to the streets of the capital to demand an end to the government of Hosni Mubarak, but no such spectacle is expected this time around.
Instead of celebrating the fifth anniversary of the 25 January uprising, many young Egyptians say they will stay home and lament the death of their revolution, which they say has been marred by human rights abuses and growing state repression.
“We are not protesting now because there is no use in doing so … more people will die and get put in jail,” said Amal Sharaf, a spokeswoman for the April 6 movement that was a key force behind the 2011 protests that brought down the long-time strongman.
While no one expected the transition to democracy to be smooth, many activists say things are more dangerous now than they were under Mubarak.
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