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| Cairo residents to protest against Morsi supporters sit-in |
| 2013-07-19 |
| [Al Ahram] Residents of a northern Cairo district, where loyalists of Egypt's toppled Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi have maintained a sit-in since days before his ouster, are to take to the streets Thursday night to demonstrate against the damages caused by the protesters. Enraged with a series of violations from encamped protesters, a group of local residents of Rabaa Al-Adawiya area in Cairo's populous Nasr City district, are to protest at 10pm against the alleged sufferings they have incurred from the thousand-strong protest that has been taking place for the 21st consecutive day, since 28 June. The group has issued four statements via Facebook pleading to return to their normal lives and underlining infractions by protesters. These, according to earlier statements, include blocking main and side roads, sleeping at building entrances, examining residents, non-stop use of speakers and fireworks as well as reported rubbish heaps. Loyalists of toppled president Mohamed Morsi have been encamped in Cairo and Giza demanding that their leader be reinstated after he was tossed by Egypt's army on 3 July amid mass street pressure calling for his removal. Residents gave Morsi's supporters a deadline to end the blockade of the district by clearing side streets and taking the sit-in to main streets. Otherwise, they vowed to gather Thursday night to raise their demand to relocate the sit-in and give authorities a time limit to intervene. In earlier statements, residents demanded pro-Morsi protesters to clear side streets, stop the use of fireworks after midnight, lower the volume of sound systems throughout the day and turn them off after midnight, among others. The residents made it clear that sit-in organisers have apologised, but to no avail, asserting that no action has been taken on the ground. They also asserted they are not for or against the sit-in as long as it causes no harm in their daily lives. |
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