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Morsi loyalists hold modest protest in Giza
[Al Ahram] Supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... have organised a march Friday morning in Giza's Mohandiseen district. Protesters, whose numbers usually increase following Friday afternoon prayers, chanted against the police and the army while making the four-fingered Rabaa salute, a symbol of the bloody dispersal of a pro-Morsi protest in Cairo's Rabaa Al-Adawiya in August. Morsi supporters have been holding almost daily protests since his ouster in July. The numbers of protesters have drastically decreased amid a major security crackdown on members, leaders and sympathisers of the Islamist group. There was a significant presence of security forces at several key locations in Cairo and Giza on Friday, the day of the week when protests typically take place. According to Al-Ahram Arabic news website, police have also deployed more troops in the vicinity of vital institutes, cop shoppes, embassies, banks and churches located in both governorates. Security forces have also fortified their presence in the main squares of the Suez governorate, according to state-owned news agency MENA. A security source told MENA that there are strict orders banning any protest or march in the canal city on Friday, after members of the Moslem Brüderbund allegedly assaulted security forces in the iconic Al-Arbeen square on Thursday. Posted by: Fred 2014-01-11 |
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