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5 July 2013
Egypt: Crackdown on Morsi’s supporters heralds new rights abuses
Amnesty
International is warning against a crackdown on supporters of Mohamed
Morsi, after documenting a new wave of arrests of Muslim Brotherhood
leaders, raids on media and an incident in which a protester was killed
by army live fire.
Since former President Mohamed Morsi was deposed on 3
July, Amnesty International has spoken to eyewitnesses who were fired
on by the army in a street near Rabaa Aladaweya Square in Cairo’s Nasr
City that evening. Live ammunition was used on the pro-Morsi protest,
and at least one demonstrator was killed.
“We fear that the violence of the last few days could
spiral into a new wave of human rights abuses,” said Hassiba Hadj
Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East
and North Africa Programme, amid reports that more pro-Morsi protesters
were shot today as they marched on the headquarters of the Republican
Guard in Cairo. “It also resurrects fears of the army’s abysmal record
on human rights.”
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