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| Egyptian Social Democratic Party criticises pro-Morsi students |
| 2013-12-02 |
| [Al Ahram] The Egyptian Social Democratic Party, which had called for protests on Sunday at Cairo University to denounce the death of a student in festivities a day earlier, stated that it had asked members of the Moslem Brüderbund not to join the demonstrations. The party had called for a protest at the university where festivities between pro-Brotherhood students and security forces had led to the death of student Mohammed Reda the day before. After a protest at the campus, groups of demonstrators marched from the campus across the Nile river into central Cairo and into Tahrir Square on Sunday afternoon. Once in the square, demonstrators denounced what they described as a coup against former 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... , who hails from the Brotherhood, and demanded the removal of both the interior minister and the minister of higher education. Police dispersed the gathered protesters with teargas. In a statement released on Sunday evening, a front man for the party said the Brotherhood have "a habit of lying, empty promises, and solely pursing their own benefits." According to the statement, the party asked all participants in the marches not to deploy any political slogans, but said that the Moslem Brüderbund had failed to follow instructions. The statement also accused the Brotherhood of causing divisions between the students. Hazem Tareq, a front man for the pro-Morsi Students Movement Against the Coup, stated on Sunday that Egyptian youth would "take to the squares and streets" to denounce the "coup" instead of remaining on university campuses. "From today onwards, no voice will rise above the students' voices," he said. Student protesters later re-grouped after being dispersed by security forces from Tahrir. Police prevented them from marching between two nearby squares, Abdel-Moneim Riyad and Ramsis, firing more teargas. |
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