Six years on, Egypt's revolution still alive

Demonstrators from the 6 April movement, Ultras and anti-military groups shout slogans with a lit flare during a protest against government military rules and against Egypt's Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, at Talaat Harab square in downtown Cairo, January 22, 2014. Hundreds of protesters opposed to the current military-backed regime took to the streets in downtown Cairo on Wednesday echoing demands reminiscent of Egypt's 2011 revolution. The protest comes days before the anniversary of the uprisin

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Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak waves from his room at the Maadi military hospital in Cairo on May 4, 2015 as his supporters gather outside the building for his birthday. An Egyptian court is expected to examine on May 7, 2015 an appeal filed by the prosecution against a lower court's verdict that dropped murder charges against Mubarak and also acquitted six of his top security chiefs of charges of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising. Standing behind Mubarak is a doctor. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED E

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Six years on, Egypt's revolution still alive

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