On Saturday Mohamed Morsi, the deposed president appeared in
court. He has been charged with prison breaks that freed over 20,000 inmates
back in 2011 during their 18-day revolt. This revolt was responsible for
toppling the autocratic Hosni Mubarak. He is one of 130 being charged with
this, including members of the Palestinian Hamas and Lebanese Hezbollah. Morsi
was one of the many inmates freed back in 2011 and became the first ever freely
elected president in 2012.
During his appearance Morsi urged the people to “continue
their peaceful revolution”. Morsi is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in
Egypt which continues to stage weekly protests. However, these protests have
been cracked down on recently and over 1400 people have been killed since July.
Six police officers are also being acquitted and are being
charged of killing 83 protestors during the 2011 revolution. Many rights groups
feel this is not adequate punishment and that many police officers who killed
protestors are not being brought to justice.
These court cases are bringing back a lot of feelings and
unrest in Egypt over what happened in 2011 and what is still happening today.
This unease will not disappear until the groups feel they have gotten what they
want. This does not bode well for their opposition and for the rest of the
Middle East which really does not need more unrest right now.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/02/egypt-morsi-urges-revolution-from-court-2014222132155680303.html
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