Amid political unrest in Egypt, after presidential election results were announced, the people are angered by having to vote, in the run-off round, for either Ahmed Shafiq, member of the former regime, who served as the last Prime Minister of Mubarak’s era, or Mohamed Morsy, Muslim Brotherhood candidate. The verdict in Mubarak’s trial was issued on June 2, 2012 sentencing him and Habib...
[read more] Amid political unrest in Egypt, after presidential election results were announced, the people are angered by having to vote, in the run-off round, for either Ahmed Shafiq, member of the former regime, who served as the last Prime Minister of Mubarak’s era, or Mohamed Morsy, Muslim Brotherhood candidate. The verdict in Mubarak’s trial was issued on June 2, 2012 sentencing him and Habib al-Adly, his interior minister, to life in prison for complicity in killing protesters. However, Mubarak’s sons and Habib al-Adly’s aids were all found innocent.
As soon as the verdict was pronounced, the court audience, who were mostly lawyers and families of the martyrs and the wounded all yelled “the people want the cleansing of the judiciary” expressing their dissatisfaction with the verdict. Clashes erupted inside the court room and outside the Police Academy where the trial was held. Tahrir Square was quickly filled with angry protesters who feel that the regime is quickly reinstalling itself, especially with the upcoming elections on June 16th and 17th.
We call on Egyptians and Arabs in the Bay Area, our comrades in occupy, our comrades in the Oakland commune, and all those who support the Egyptian Revolution, to join us in our protest in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands protesting in the streets of Egypt right now.
Call for Action from Egyptian Revolutionaries:
To Those Who Share our Struggle,
For the last 15 months the people of Egypt took to the streets time after time to defend their revolution. And as much as political games divided us, the revolution and the squares brought us together.
Today the old regime headed by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) arrogantly attacks the revolution once again, this time through a politically charged court ruling acquitting four of Mubarak’s highest ranking ministry of interior officials, who, with others, were directly responsible for the killing of hundreds of protestors, not to mention responsible for 30 years of Mubarak’s police state. None of Mubarak’s gang, or himself, was found guilty of killing the hundreds of martyrs of the revolution, let alone the thousands of Egyptians who died of torture and poverty under his rule.
If we had any doubts, today’s ruling makes it clear that Mubarak’s regime is still strong and that the war between the revolution and the regime is still raging.
As we take the streets in the tens of thousands today, we ask you to join our side of the battle and defend the revolution. As we learned over the last year and a half, no weapon is stronger than solidarity.
Support us, protest in defense of the Egyptian revolution.
2nd of June 2012
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