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| Egypt court sends 38 Al-Azhar students to jail |
| 2013-11-22 |
[Al Ahram] Cairo Misdemeanor Court sentenced Thursday 38 Al-Azhar University students to one year and a half in jail for stirring riots. The students were juggedDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! during festivities with security forces in October, in Cairo's eastern neighbourhood of Nasr City. The sentence came as dozens of Al-Azhar engineering students demonstrated to denounce the death of a colleague, killed Wednesday in festivities with security forces. The students gathered in front of the Faculty of Engineering building, chanting against the military, as security was strengthened outside the university campus. The student rubbed out by birdshot pellet Wednesday in festivities with security forces at Al-Azhar University was a supporter of deposed 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... . Police stormed the campus and violence flared as students threw petrol bombs, bricks and stones at security forces who replied with teargas and birdshot. Sixteen students were also arrested. The violence came hours after the university administration banned protests on campus and suspended student union activity in response to the turmoil sweeping the university. It also called on the police to guard its buildings and quell student unrest. Since the start of the university year, Morsi supporters have been organising near-daily demonstrations on university campuses -- particularly Al-Azhar University -- to protest the ouster of Morsi at the hands of the military 3 July, following mass protests against his rule. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Wonder if they'll request remote-learning access? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-11-22 13:36 |