Egypt police fire tear gas, Islamists defy protest law
1 Dec 2013 5:16 AM IST
Police fired tear gas on Friday at Islamists who demonstrated in Egypt, defying a new law banning unauthorised protests that has also angered activists following the arrest of a prominent blogger.
<span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">The Muslim Brotherhood had vowed to go ahead regardless with the weekly protests it has organised after noon prayers ever since <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Islamist president Mohammed Morsi was overthrown in a 3 July military coup.
Late Thursday the interior ministry warned against unauthorised protests, after police detained <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">prominent blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, in a stark declaration of intent reminiscent of the autocratic rule of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak, ousted in a popular uprising nearly three years ago.
Police used tear gas against hundreds of Morsi’s supporters who protested in front of a presidential palace in Cairo, an AFP reporter said, adding that he also heard gunshots.
Tear gas was also fired on dozens of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Islamists in Cairo’s Mohandessin district and on a key road leading to the pyramids. Protesters retaliated by throwing stones and burning tyres in Mohandessin, officials said, adding that similar protests were also dispersed in <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the cities of Alexandria, Suez, Mahallah and Qena.Police fired tear gas on Friday at Islamists who demonstrated in Egypt, defying a new law banning unauthorised protests that has also angered activists following the arrest of a prominent blogger.
The Muslim Brotherhood had vowed to go ahead regardless with the weekly protests it has organised after noon prayers ever since Islamist president Mohammed Morsi was overthrown in a 3 July military coup.
Late Thursday the interior ministry warned against unauthorised protests, after police detained prominent blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, in a stark declaration of intent reminiscent of the autocratic rule of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak, ousted in a popular uprising nearly three years ago.
Police used tear gas against hundreds of Morsi’s supporters who protested in front of a presidential palace in Cairo, an AFP reporter said, adding that he also heard gunshots.
Tear gas was also fired on dozens of Islamists in Cairo’s Mohandessin district and on a key road leading to the pyramids. Protesters retaliated by throwing stones and burning tyres in Mohandessin, officials said, adding that <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">similar protests were also dispersed in the cities of Alexandria, Suez, Mahallah and Qena.
<span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">The Muslim Brotherhood had vowed to go ahead regardless with the weekly protests it has organised after noon prayers ever since <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Islamist president Mohammed Morsi was overthrown in a 3 July military coup.
Late Thursday the interior ministry warned against unauthorised protests, after police detained <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">prominent blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, in a stark declaration of intent reminiscent of the autocratic rule of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak, ousted in a popular uprising nearly three years ago.
Police used tear gas against hundreds of Morsi’s supporters who protested in front of a presidential palace in Cairo, an AFP reporter said, adding that he also heard gunshots.
Tear gas was also fired on dozens of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Islamists in Cairo’s Mohandessin district and on a key road leading to the pyramids. Protesters retaliated by throwing stones and burning tyres in Mohandessin, officials said, adding that similar protests were also dispersed in <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the cities of Alexandria, Suez, Mahallah and Qena.Police fired tear gas on Friday at Islamists who demonstrated in Egypt, defying a new law banning unauthorised protests that has also angered activists following the arrest of a prominent blogger.
The Muslim Brotherhood had vowed to go ahead regardless with the weekly protests it has organised after noon prayers ever since Islamist president Mohammed Morsi was overthrown in a 3 July military coup.
Late Thursday the interior ministry warned against unauthorised protests, after police detained prominent blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, in a stark declaration of intent reminiscent of the autocratic rule of <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak, ousted in a popular uprising nearly three years ago.
Police used tear gas against hundreds of Morsi’s supporters who protested in front of a presidential palace in Cairo, an AFP reporter said, adding that he also heard gunshots.
Tear gas was also fired on dozens of Islamists in Cairo’s Mohandessin district and on a key road leading to the pyramids. Protesters retaliated by throwing stones and burning tyres in Mohandessin, officials said, adding that <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">similar protests were also dispersed in the cities of Alexandria, Suez, Mahallah and Qena.
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