From Bad To Worse?
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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2012 · People & Blogs
Thousands of women protesting against Pres. Morsy and the Muslim Brotherhood say their freedom and rights are at risk. CNN's Reza Sayah reports. Would you like to know more? Egypt's president pulls back on power decree, pushes referendum (CNN, Dec 9, 2012): "Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy early Sunday canceled most of a controversial decree that gave him sweeping powers, but vowed to press forward with a referendum next weekend on a draft constitution, an adviser said." Morsy to pass law granting military power of arrest (dailynewsegypt, Dec 8, 2012): "President Mohamed Morsy is expected to ratify a law giving the military many of the police's powers, according to state-run media outlet Al Ahram. According to Al Ahram, the cabinet approved the draft law at its last meeting and it is now awaiting Morsy's approval. The law contains four articles that give the military similar powers to the police, including the power to arrest civilians. Under Morsy's constitutional declaration none of his decision are subject to judicial review." Al-Masry Al-Youm Reports From Brotherhood Torture Chambers (Al-Monitor, Dec 7, 2012): Al-Masry Al-Youm spent three hours in total in the torture chambers established by the Muslim Brotherhood at the gates of the Ittihadiya Palace in the suburb of Heliopolis ... We entered the chamber with a great difficulty, after a fellow journalist from the Misr 25 TV channel facilitated. The channel is owned by the Brotherhood ... The torture process starts once a demonstrator who opposes President Mohammed Morsi is arrested in the clashes or is suspected after the clashes end, and the CSF separate Morsi's supporters from his opponents..." Almost Like A Little Trick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB7peEB9fOg Three Morsi's Advisers Resign http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsasDUjXE7g Islamists Vs Secularists http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJefR9SPoL4 Rallies in Cairo as Morsy receives new constitution http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/01/world/meast/egypt-protests/index.html Significant Support http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Uh9sTTsAA Dueling Demonstrations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QPqQjR8bHA Muslim Brotherhood 'paying gangs to go out and rape women and beat men protesting in Egypt' as thousands of demonstrators pour on to the streets (dailymail, Dec 1, 2012) http://bit.ly/RrL5xw "Egypt's ruling party is paying gangs of thugs to sexually assault women protesting in Cairo's Tahrir Square against President Mohamed Morsi, activists said. They also said the Muslim Brotherhood is paying gangs to beat up men who are taking part in the latest round of protests, which followed a decree by President Morsi to give himself sweeping new powers ... Magda Adly, the director of the Nadeem Centre for Human Rights, said that under Mubarak, the Government paid thugs to beat male protestors and sexually assault women. 'This is still happening now,' she told The Times. 'I believe thugs are being paid money to do this ... the Muslim Brotherhood have the same political approaches as Mubarak,' she said. One protestor, Yasmine, told the newspaper how she had been in the square filming the demonstrations for a few hours when the crowd suddenly turned. Before she knew what was happening, about 50 men had surrounded her and began grabbing her breasts. She said they ripped off her clothes, starting with her headscarf and for nearly an hour, indecently assaulted her with their hands..." It happens at night: Genital mutilation in Egypt (DW, Nov 22, 2012) http://www.dw.de/it-happens-at-night-genital-mutilation-in-egypt/a-16397510 "Despite being legally banned, female genital mutilation in Egypt is on the rise, causing lifelong pains, health problems and even death for the women who undergo it. Islamists are pushing to legalize the procedure again ... Omayma Idris, a Cairo-based gynaecologist, says that more than 90 percent of all married Egyptians today are thought to have undergone mutilation. After the prohibition, she says, one could see a decline, "but since the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists are in power in Egypt, the numbers are on the rise again; they encourage families to do it again." Egypt's sexual harassment of women 'epidemic' (BBC, Sep 3, 2012): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19440656 "Campaigners in Egypt say the problem of sexual harassment is reaching epidemic proportions, with a rise in such incidents over the past three months. For many Egyptian women, sexual harassment - which sometimes turns into violent mob-style attacks - is a daily fact of life, reports the BBC's Bethany Bell in Cairo ... Said Sadek, a sociologist from the American University in Cairo, says that the problem is deeply rooted in Egyptian society: a mixture of what he calls increasing Islamic conservatism, on the rise since the late 1960s, and old patriarchal attitudes."
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