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Jen Frey

Egypt Freezes Brotherhood Leaders' Assets [Comunitee.com] - 1 views

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      "...estimated tens of millions of protesters thronged streets throughout the country to demand the resignation of former President Mohammed Morsi.."
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      "Many Egyptians have said they worry that further alienating the Brothers and their conservative Islamist allies could delay political reconciliation..."
  • Jen Frey on 14 Jul 13
     
    Prosecutors froze the financial assets of senior leaders in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, raising concerns of an impending crackdown on the group that could dash hopes for political reconciliation with Egypt's new military-backed government.
Jen Frey

The Perils of a 'People's Coup' in Egypt / UCLA Today - 0 views

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  • The Egyptian Army claims that it had no choice but to overthrow the country’s first legitimately elected president, Mohamed Morsi, and that last week’s coup reflected the will of the Egyptian people.
  • But Mr. Morsi’s fall does not bode well for the future of Egypt and democracy in the region.
  • By stepping in to remove an unpopular president, the Egyptian Army reaffirmed a despotic tradition in the Middle East: Army officers decide what the country needs, and they always know best.
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  • The army has assured the United States and the world that it won’t intervene in politics again after this coup. It has called upon all Egyptians to come together, to forget their differences, and not to seek vengeance.
  • However, while spouting this lofty rhetoric, the army has completely flouted the basic principles of the rule of law.
  • one of the army’s first acts was to close down all media that the military, in its infinite wisdom, deemed a danger to public order.
  • Secularists across the Middle East have traditionally failed at the ballot box because they lacked support among the pious masses and instead had to rely on the repressive might of the military.
  • The predictable result has been radicalization of the Islamists, after they lose trust in the hallowed principles of democracy and human rights.
  • How can Islamists be included when they are being jailed, and why should they engage in the democratic process when they know that if they win elections, the military and judiciary will likely intervene once more to neutralize them?
  • Democracy is not founded upon the principle of safeguarding the rights of the popular, but upon safeguarding the rights of the most unpopular. What so many Egyptians are forgetting is that the same "public interest" that justified the overthrow and persecution of one political party today will tomorrow justify the repression of anyone who questions the power of Egypt’s army and judiciary.
  • Jen Frey on 14 Jul 13
     
    Preempting the "will of the people" or legitimate support for removal? Army and judiciary in Egypt linked with authoritarianism. Urge for caution.
Barbara Weiffenbach

Egypt's army chief defends Morsi's ouster - 0 views

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  • Barbara Weiffenbach on 19 Jul 13
     
    *Egypt's army chief claims that jailing Morsi is will of the people. *Assets of muslim brotherhood frozen. *US and Germany asking for the release of Morsi. *Members of new government sworn in
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