However , it was ignored by demonstrators who continued their sit - in in Tahrir Square .
On January 2011 , following the collapse of the police system , President Hosni Mubarak declared a country - wide military enforced curfew .
It was ignored by demonstrators who continued their sit - in in Tahrir Square .
On January 2011 , following the collapse of the police system , President Hosni Mubarak declared a country - wide military enforced curfew .