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| Egypt Police Stop Pro-Morsi Press Conference |
| 2014-03-19 |
| [An Nahar] Egyptian police prevented supporters of ousted Islamist 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... from holding a presser on Tuesday, asking journalists to leave the venue. The presser was called by the Islamist Anti-Coup Alliance in response to an official report on a deadly police crackdown on pro-Morsi protest camps in August. An AFP correspondent who went to attend found police deployed outside the venue. They took down the names of journalists in attendance and advised the AFP correspondent to leave. An activist of the Islamist group said two organizers were incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! Security officials confirmed the police intervention but not the arrests. Police dispersed two Islamist protest camps in Cairo on August 14, a month after the army overthrew Morsi, killing hundreds of his supporters in festivities. The National Council for Human Rights said in a report released on Monday that 632 people were killed in one of the protest camps, including eight coppers. It said that exchanges of fire erupted after "some armed elements suddenly opened fire" and killed an officer calling on protesters to disperse. Tuesday's pro-Morsi presser was called to "reply to the falsified claims" made in the report, an email invitation said. |
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