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| Protocol to be signed with interior ministry to secure Egypt's universities |
| 2013-10-31 |
| [Al Ahram] Hassan Eisa, head of Ain Shams University, announced Wednesday that a protocol is expected to be signed Thursday between the Ministry of Interior and the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) to tighten campus security nationwide. According to Eissa, the SCU has authorised the secretary general of the council and the minister of higher education to sign the security protocol between the interior ministry, universities and the SCU. The protocol is expected to resemble the one existing on university hospitals, which allows security forces to secure such premises, said Eissa in a press statement Wednesday. It remains unknown whether security forces will be deployed on campuses or not. Since the begining of the academic year in Egypt, universities have been witnessing fierce festivities between supporters and opponents 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... . As a result, tens of Islamist students have been jugged Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! . On Wednesday, security forces were allowed into Al-Azhar University campus upon the request of the university's president, after festivities escalated in the second week of protests at the university. According to the lawyer representing those arrested, only eight of the arrested are Azhar students. |
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