Police disperse MB protest

Muslim Brotherhood supporters blocked off central Ramses Street with their protest on Tuesday morning, as security fired tear gas to disperse them, several local media outlets reported. 

The state-run Al-Ahram estimated that some 300 protesters gathered at the High Court in downtown Cairo, chanting against the military and the police. According to the privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm, clashes took place at the court between security forces and the protesters, with the former firing tear gas and the latter throwing rocks. 

Ehab Fawzy, head of the Azbakiya Police Station, told Al-Masry Al-Youm that protesters tried to light Molotov cocktails in front of the court. 

The Freedom and Justice portal, a Brotherhood mouthpiece, said that the march, which started at the High Court, was mainly organized by students. 

Similar attempts by Muslim Brotherhood supporters to hold protests took place in the central Talaat Harb area.

Several revolutionary groups not associated with the Brotherhood decided to refrain from protesting on January 28 to commemorate the anniversary of the "Friday of Anger," when millions took to the streets in 2011 to demand the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. The decision followed mass arrests and violence against protesters on January 25, the anniversary of the revolution's start. The Brotherhood, however, decided to continue protesting.