Thu Mar 27, 2014
Egyptian riot police have attacked anti-government protesters outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo, injuring several people.
Fresh protests were organized in Egypt in condemnation of military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s presidential nomination.Student protesters rallied in front of the defense ministry in the capital Cairo on Thursday.
Police moved in later and used tear gas and birdshot to break up the protest. Several injuries were reported in clashes there.
Similar demonstrations were held in several cities across Egypt the night before.
They came after Sisi announced his resignation as Egypt’s military chief to run for president.
State institutions and media are all geared toward Sisi's candidacy, a situation which undermines the chances of a fair competition for any other candidate.
However, Egypt's political parties and figures have repeatedly called on the country’s army to stay out of politics.
The field marshal helped overthrow the country’s first democratically-elected president, Mohamed Morsi last year, following mass protests against his rule.
The UN Human Rights Council recently expressed concern over the Egyptian security forces’ heavy-handed crackdown and the killing of peaceful anti-government protesters.
Anti-government demonstrators have been holding rallies almost on a daily basis since the army toppled president Morsi. The demonstrators demand that Morsi be reinstated.
According to a UK-based rights group, Amnesty International, 1,400 people have been killed in the political violence since Morsi’s ouster in July last year, "most of them due to excessive force used by security forces."
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/356243.html.
Egyptian riot police have attacked anti-government protesters outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo, injuring several people.
Fresh protests were organized in Egypt in condemnation of military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s presidential nomination.Student protesters rallied in front of the defense ministry in the capital Cairo on Thursday.
Police moved in later and used tear gas and birdshot to break up the protest. Several injuries were reported in clashes there.
Similar demonstrations were held in several cities across Egypt the night before.
They came after Sisi announced his resignation as Egypt’s military chief to run for president.
State institutions and media are all geared toward Sisi's candidacy, a situation which undermines the chances of a fair competition for any other candidate.
However, Egypt's political parties and figures have repeatedly called on the country’s army to stay out of politics.
The field marshal helped overthrow the country’s first democratically-elected president, Mohamed Morsi last year, following mass protests against his rule.
The UN Human Rights Council recently expressed concern over the Egyptian security forces’ heavy-handed crackdown and the killing of peaceful anti-government protesters.
Anti-government demonstrators have been holding rallies almost on a daily basis since the army toppled president Morsi. The demonstrators demand that Morsi be reinstated.
According to a UK-based rights group, Amnesty International, 1,400 people have been killed in the political violence since Morsi’s ouster in July last year, "most of them due to excessive force used by security forces."
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/356243.html.
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