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4 Feb 2015

Coming to Mourn Tahrir Square’s Dead, and Joining Them Instead

Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, a 31-year-old mother and a poet, was shot by masked riot police officers on Jan. 24 while laying flowers in Tahrir Square. She and other activists had come to mark the fourth anniversary of the start of Egypt s Arab Spring uprising. Attempts by friends and bystanders to save her life failed. Ms. Sabbagh s funeral the next day in Alexandria drew crowds of mourners. Ms. Sabbagh has become a symbol of the Egyptian authorities intolerance of protest.
Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, a 31-year-old mother and a poet, was shot by masked riot police officers on Jan. 24 while laying...
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28 Nov 2014

Four dead in Egypt anti-government protest

At least four protesters have been killed and scores of others injured in the Egyptian capital as thousands took to the streets of Cairo against the government of President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, heeding to a call by the opposition Salafist Front. The protesters were killed after security forces opened fire in the district of Matrya in eastern Cairo, witnesses told Al Jazeera.
At least four protesters have been killed and scores of others injured in the Egyptian capital as thousands took to the...
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26 Jan 2014

Clashes Kill 49 Egyptians on UprisingÂ’s Anniversary

Thousands of Egyptians celebrated the third anniversary of their revolt against autocracy on Saturday by holding a rally for the military leader who ousted the country s first democratically elected president. Elsewhere, at least 49 people died in clashes with security forces at rival antigovernment protests organized by Islamists and left-leaning activists.
Thousands of Egyptians celebrated the third anniversary of their revolt against autocracy on Saturday by holding a rally...
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5 Jul 2013

Egypt army opens fire on pro-Morsi protesters

At least three supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi were killed by gunfire as a crowd of several hundred tried to march towards the military barracks in Cairo where he is believed to be held. Al Jazeera's Matthew Cassel, reporting from near the military barracks, said several dozen people were also injured by shotgun pellets fired by the army.
At least three supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi were killed by gunfire as a crowd of several...
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15 Mar 2013

Egypt report on protest deaths blames police

An inquiry into the deaths of nearly 900 protesters during Egypt's revolution has concluded that the police were behind nearly all the killings. The report, parts of which were obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, said the police force used snipers on rooftops overlooking Cairo's Tahrir Square to shoot into the crowds.
An inquiry into the deaths of nearly 900 protesters during Egypt's revolution has concluded that the police were behind...
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28 Jan 2013

Egypt’s Morsi Declares State of Emergency

Egypt's president declared a state of emergency and curfew in three Suez Canal provinces hit hardest by a weekend wave of unrest that left more than 50 dead, using tactics of the ousted regime to get a grip on discontent over his Islamist policies and the slow pace of change.
Egypt's president declared a state of emergency and curfew in three Suez Canal provinces hit hardest by a weekend wave...
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6 Dec 2012

Several killed in Egypt clashes

At least four people have been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, as supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi clashed near the presidential palace, the health ministry says. Fighting continued into the early morning on Thursday with fires burning in the streets where the opposing sides threw stones and petrol bombs at each other.
At least four people have been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, as supporters and opponents of President Mohamed...
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19 Dec 2011

The military’s revenge

Egyptian military and police have lashed out at young protesters over the past several days with vengeance. The clashes began on Friday in front of the Ministry Building, which is visible from Tahrir Square. Protesters have been camped in front of the building since the Tahrir protests of November, which left dozens dead and ended with what many of the protesters saw as the unsatisfactory appointment of Kamal Ganzouri as Prime Minister, not only because Ganzouri - who was already Prime Minister from 1996 to1999 - is associated with the Mubarak regime, but also because the Ministry still has no real powers and is in essence, a puppet government for the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF).
Egyptian military and police have lashed out at young protesters over the past several days with vengeance. The clashes...
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24 Nov 2011

Egyptian Generals Apologize for Bloodshed but Reject Calls to Leave Power

Egyptian generals offered an unusual apology on Thursday for the killings of protesters in Tahrir Square, the iconic landmark of the country s revolution, but rejected the demonstrators demands for an immediate end to military rule.
Egyptian generals offered an unusual apology on Thursday for the killings of protesters in Tahrir Square, the iconic...
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23 Nov 2011

UN human rights chief Navi Pillay condemns Cairo deaths

UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has condemned the "clearly excessive use of force" by Egypt's security forces during clashes with protesters. Ms Pillay called for an independent inquiry into the deaths of at least 35 people since the weekend. Protesters are still occupying Cairo's Tahrir Square despite the pledge of a speedier handover to civilian rule.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has condemned the "clearly excessive use of force" by Egypt's security forces during...
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