A young Eyptian holds a piece of Bread and flashes the ‘victory sign’ during a protest in Tahrir square, Cairo, Egypt, 01 April 2011. Thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on 01 April to urge the country’s military rulers not to backtrack on their promise of more transparency and democracy, the foremost demand of the protesters Friday was to bring to trial three of Mubarak’s closest allies : his former chief of staff, Zakaria Azmi ; former speaker of the upper house of parliament, Safwat al-Sherif and the former speaker of the lower house of parliament, Fathi Sorour. photo by Wissam Nassar.