he former human rights campaigner who had been jailed for his activism under the 30-year rule of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. Nasheed also became an environmental celebrity for urging global action against climate change, warning that rising sea levels would inundate his archipelago nation. Over the past year, Nasheed was battered by protests over soaring prices and demands for more religiously conservative policies. Last month, Nasheed's government arrested the nation's top criminal court judge for freeing a government critic and refused to release him as protests grew. ____ Associated Press writer Matthew Pennington in Washington contributed to this report. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Your comment will be posted immediately, unless it is spam or contains profanity. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ. An insider's guide to politics and policy, available on the iPad or as a PDF download.[标签:标题]
By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) Egypt's ruling generals have a new enemy: the legions of angry soccer fans who have injected fervor into recent protests demanding the military step down and battled police for days in the streets of Cairo. Known as Ultras and long viewed as hooligans, they have grown increasingly political, starting with last year's uprising, and were pushed over the edge by the deadly riots at a soccer match last week. It's a sign of how the military's rocky handling of the transition is driving more and more Egyptians into activism at a time when many are frustrated with the generals who took over from Hosni Mubarak a year ago, and by growing economic and security woes. Ultra members have been credited with playing a major role in the 18-day popular uprising that toppled longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak, http://www.cheaptomsoutlet0.com - toms shoes online , as well as recent street clashes with police. They were the chief defenders of Tahrir Square, the uprising's epicenter, when Mubarak loyalists on camel- and horse-back charged protesters on Feb. 2, 2011, one of the deadliest days of the uprising. The deaths of 74 people in last week's soccer riots mostly Ultras who supported the Cairo-based Al-Ahly club has unleashed such fury in the movement's ranks that many expect the Ultras to turn out in even greater numbers in future street protests, whether against military rule or to press demands for more sweeping reforms. "Their participation in protests will significantly increase," predicted Mohammed Gamal Bashir, author of an Arabic-language book on the Ultras published in December. "Authorities have made an enemy of them and that is a very big mistake. They have passion, http://www.cheaptomsoutlet0.com - cheap toms , no expectations and don't want to be labeled politically, http://www.cheaptomsoutlet0.com - cheap toms shoes . In short, they enter the struggle but don't care about the likely fruits of their role." The Ultras' history of enmity with the regime made them a perfect fit in the ranks of the pro-democracy protesters who engineered Mubarak's ouster. For four years before Mubarak's fall, Ultras clashed almost weekly wi
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