CAIRO, July 15 (UPI) -- Rival protests erupted Friday in Egypt as demonstrators frustrated with the pace of reform vowed to occupy Cairo's central square until demands were met.
Demonstrators in Egypt say they are frustrated with the pace of justice for members of Hosni Mubarak's former regime who are accused of playing a role in the deaths of civilians during the revolution early this year.
Protesters occupied Cairo's Tahrir Square for weeks, eventually forcing Mubarak to step down after three decades in power.
Protesters early this week called for "final warning" protests against the ruling military council. Opposition leaders in Egypt were quoted by the country's al-Ahram newspaper as saying sit-ins "with the people" would continue until former regime officials are prosecuted and all revolutionary demands are met.
The Egyptian newspaper notes that threads on Internet social networking sites were ridiculing rival protests in favor of the military council for being so small.
More than two dozen opposition movements were behind Friday's protests.
The military council this week said it was postponing parliamentary elections from September to as late as November. Amid growing frustration, the military fired more than 600 top police officials but put limits on a committee tasked with drawing up a new constitution.
