Re: The necessity to stop the massacres in Egypt and condemn the military coup against democracy before

it is too late
Dear

This urgent letter concerns the massacres and rapidly escalating developments in Egypt. It is no secret that millions of Egyptian men and women have held peaceful sit-ins and protests in squares since early July this year in a show of amazing resolve to restore democracy, and demand the return of the elected President, Mohamed Morsi, and the institutions representing legitimate authority, as well as reinstatement of the constitution voted for by the people. Following the overthrow of democracy, and the kidnapping of the President and key state figures, with the mandate derived from transparent democratic processtaken to unknown locations, the authorities of the dictatorial coup have proceeded to take hundreds of lives and injure thousands in horrific attacks on peaceful protesters across Egypt in the past weeks, and began this morning of 14th August to shed the blood of protesters in the hundreds in horrific on-going massacres.

Following the coup leaders threats in the past few days that time is running out, and that they will disperse the peaceful sit-ins in the squares at any price and regardless of the number of victims, the military forces, police, and armed militias have launched bloody attacks on the peaceful protesters, causing hundreds of victims in the initial death toll. These threats may only be interpreted as preparation to commit mass murder in squares full of men and women, of all ages, especially in Rabia al-Adawiyah Square in Cairo, where millions of people have gathered. With this letter, I express my shock at the massacres currently taking place that may far exceed the horrific tragedy of Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989.
It is disgraceful indeed that no European statement of position has been issued against the military coup overthrowing democracy in Egypt; rather a deafening silence regarding events, or some timid expressions and positions that in no way rise to the gravity of the situation. When the issue is a choice between supporting democracy or dictatorship, then standing in the middle is unjustifiable criminal collusion and implicit support. It is quite clear that the military junta is exploiting European and international inaction, considering it a green light to flagrantly quash the peoples will, shed more blood, and prepare to commit massacres against the masses.

I feel, and many others do too, deeply let down by governments, parliaments, and politicians across Europe, who have all failed democratic change and the Arab Spring at this critical historic moment, and did not raise voice, or use influence to halt the military coup that is returning Egypt to the dark era of dictatorship. I feel, and many others do too, greatly alarmed by this inaction, lack of concern, and negligence in forthrightly condemning the military coup, and all its crimes of shedding innocent blood, and the grave violations of the right to peaceful protest and freedom of expression. We have waited in expectation of a clear statement of position in keeping with your commitment to democracy, human rights, and fundamental liberties, and continue to wait, as the massacres increase. We fear that it may well be too late, and that an avoidable tragedy be averted through a small measure of moral courage and principled action. I demand of you, in the clearest terms to stop the massacre! stop the military coup! Regards,

Egypt declares state of emergency

Announcement comes amid security crackdown on pro-Morsi protesters that has left at least 149 people dead nationwide. Read more http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/201 3/08/201381413509551214.html

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http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2013/08/2013814142336191647.html

A Future Worse Than Mubaraks Reign

It would be perverse if the January 2011 revolution paved the way for something worse than what it sought to replace. But that is where Egypt is headed. Under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood was repressed, but the repression was never total. The Brotherhood, as the countrys largest opposition force, was allowed room to operate, to contest elections, and to have seats in parliament. Mubarak may have been a dictator, but he was no radical.

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http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/08/14/is-this-theend-of-the-arab-spring/a-future-worse-than-mubaraks-reign

Who will pick up the pieces in Egypt?

It will take time for a more accurate picture to emerge of the events that have begun on August 14, but it is a day that will go down as a watershed moment, and a very bloody one, in the Egyptian upheavals of the early 21st Century - start date: January 25, 2011; end date: unknown.

Read more http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/08/20138158166985671.html

Egypts Blood, Americas Complicity

CAIRO FOR millions of Egyptians still reeling from the shock of Wednesdays stateled massacre, which killed at least 600 peaceful protesters and possibly many more, the questions are now very basic: How do you reconcile with people who are prepared to kill you, and how do you stop them from killing again?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/opinion/egypts-blood-americascomplicity.html?hpw&gwh=4DE4733FFD0F37C7966BA592DB2DFF34&_r=0

The police keep firing; the bodies pile up. In Cairo, bloodbaths are now a daily occurrence
It was a disgrace, a most shameful chapter in Egyptian history. The police some wearing black hoods shot down into the crowds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters from the roof of Cairos Ramses Street police station and surrounding streets. They even fired at traffic on the airport highway. And to see their terrible work, you had only to climb the pink marble steps of the Al-Fath Mosque sticky with fresh blood yesterday evening and see the acre of wounded lying on deep-woven carpets and, in a remote corner, 25 shrouded corpses. Dr Ibrahim Yamani gently lifted the bandages from their bodies: shot in the face, shot in the head, shot in the chest.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/independentplus/indyplus-updates-the-police-keepfiring-the-bodies-pile-up-in-cairo-bloodbaths-are-now-a-daily-occurrence-8771232.html

Egypts disastrous bloodshed requires urgent impartial investigation There were dozens of
dead bodies and hundreds of injured people. They mostly sustained live ammunition wounds to the upper part of the body

Read more
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/egypt-s-disastrous-bloodshed-requires-urgentimpartial-investigations-2013-08-16

Watch the documentary Rabaa Massacre

http://islaminaustralia.com/2013/08/16/heartbreaking-documentary-massacre-inegypt-video/

Bloodbath in Egypt
A Day of Rage turned into an evening of bloodshed as more than 100 people were killed across Egypt on Friday.
Click on the link to view the photos

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2013/08/2013816181148475189.html

How some ordinary Egyptians became malicious terrorists

Disgust, shame, outrage. All these words apply to the disgrace of Egypt these past six weeks. A military coup, millions of enraged supporters of the democratically elected but deposed dictator reports that indicate well over 1,000 Muslim Brotherhood sympathisers slaughtered by the security police and what were we told by the authorities yesterday? That Egypt was subject to a malicious terrorist plot.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/how-some-ordinary-egyptiansbecame-malicious-terrorists-8773354.html

'Rabaa sign' becomes the symbol of massacre in Egypt

The 'Rabaa sign' has become the symbol of protests against the military coup in Egypt and the center of the anti-coup protests, Rabaa al-Adawiya Square. Made by raising four fingers with the thumb resting on the palm, the sign has come to represent civilian demonstrations protesting the ouster of Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi and the ensuing violence that killed hundreds of people Read more http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=115243

Security Forces Used Excessive Lethal Force

The ongoing Human Rights Watch investigation indicates that the decision to use live ammunition on a large scale from the outset reflected a failure to observe basic international policing standards on use of lethal force and was not justified by the disruptions caused by the demonstrations or the limited possession of arms by some protesters. The failure of the authorities to provide safe exit from the sit-in, including for people wounded by live fire and needing urgent medical attention, was a serious violation of international standards.

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http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/08/19/egypt-security-forces-used-excessive-lethal-force

Watch the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA-g-6i1ZkE#t=129

Worst Mass Killings in Countrys (HRW)

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is investigating the Egyptian armys crackdown on sit-ins at Rabaa al-Adawiya in Nasr City and at Nahda in Giza, and other parts of Cairo The investigation of HRW indicates that the decision to use live ammunition on a large scale was a failure in observing basic international policing standards on use of lethal force. The statement also suggested that the decision to use live ammunition could not be justified by the disruptions caused by the demonstrations or the limited possession of arms by some protesters.

Read more http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=115538

Soldiers opened fire on public in Egypt

Soldiers opened fire on public in Egypt, acitivists say A young activist sheltering in Al Fatih Mosque in Cairo informed that soldiers were throwing tear gas inside the closed areas and killed more than 120 Hundreds of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, including women and children, took refuge in Al Fatih Mosque in Cairo after dozens of fellow protesters had been killed by security forces in the square on Friday. Read more
http://www.worldbulletin.net/index.php?aType=haber&ArticleID=115516&q=egyp

Are foreign journalists lying?

Foreign journalists are under attack in Egypt - they are accused of bias and of ignoring facts, and many of them have been detained, attacked and some even killed Egypt's State Information Service released a statement to journalists on Saturday, detailing what it sees as media bias. "Media coverage has steered away from objectivity and neutrality" which has led to "a distorted image that is very far from the facts," the statement said.

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http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2013/08/20138205493240813.html

Egypt security forces kill journalist after curfew

Egyptian security forces killed Tamer AbdelRaouf, the bureau chief of a provincial office of state newspaper AlAhram, on Monday after opening fire on a car they thought had tried to escape from a checkpoint enforcing a dusk-to-dawn curfew, security sources said.

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http://www.worldbulletin.net/index.php?aType=haber&ArticleID=115471&q=egypt

The Muslim Brotherhood will not turn to violence to fight the coup in Egypt
We are committed to peaceful protests and future democracy, but the world must recognise the military's human rights abuses Crimes against humanity previously unheard of are being perpetrated in a systemic fashion with the aim of terrorising the entire population into submission to the new coup authorities. What remains of press and TV channels is under the absolute control of those in power and their task is to justify their brutality.

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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/21/muslim-brotherhoodviolence-egypt

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Watch the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA-g-6i1ZkE#t=129 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNx9F0PGpTI&feature=share