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| Pro-Morsi coalition calls for Friday protests 'in defence of women' |
| 2013-11-09 |
| [Al Ahram] A coalition led by Egypt's Moslem Brüderbund has called for mass protests on Friday under the rallying slogan "Egypt's women are a red line," decrying recent arrests of women protesting in support 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... In a statement, the National Coalition in Support of Legitimacy accused security forces of beating, torturing and detaining women in the latest security crackdown against Morsi's supporters. Last week, 21 Moslem Brüderbund women were locked away You have the right to remain silent... during a demonstration in Egypt's second city Alexandria. Video footage circulating on social media networks showed security forces manhandling some of the women arrested. "Such practices didn't stop at killing men, women and kiddies in massacres as had happened in Rabaa El-Adawiya and Al-Nahda Square; instead there is an unprecedented targeted attack on women," the statement read. The sit-ins at Rabaa El-Adawiya and Al-Nahda Square in Cairo were violently dispersed by police in August, leaving hundreds of protesters dead. The coalition said that "increasing violence" by security forces is a sign of the "failure of the coup." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Ikhwan in defense of women. Now I've seen everything. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-11-09 10:57 |