Friday, December 7, 2012

Αίγυπτος: Διαδηλωτές έσπασαν το οδόφραγμα γύρω από το προεδρικό μέγαρο/ Egypt Protests (live RT)


Αιγύπτιοι διαδηλωτές έσπασαν το οδόφραγμα που είχε στηθεί γύρω από το προεδρικό μέγαρο στο Κάιρο και ορισμένοι κατάφεραν να σκαρφαλώσουν σε στρατιωτικά άρματα, στα οποία ύψωσαν σημαίες.
Περίπου 10.000 διαδηλωτές είχαν εγκλωβιστεί πίσω από τα συρματοπλέγματα που προστάτευαν το προεδρικό μέγαρο. Από την Πέμπτη το κτίριο φυλάσσεται και από άρματα μάχης, μετά τις βίαιες συγκρούσεις μεταξύ υποστηρικτών και αντιπάλων του προέδρου Μοχάμεντ Μόρσι, στις οποίες επτά άνθρωποι έχασαν τη ζωή τους.
Οι διαδηλωτές έκοψαν τα σύρματα και εκατοντάδες από αυτούς έφτασαν μέχρι τον εξωτερικό τοίχο του προεδρικού μεγάρου. Ορισμένοι φιλούσαν τους αστυνομικούς και τους στρατιώτες που είχαν αναπτυχθεί στην περιοχή, φωνάζοντας ρυθμικά "Ειρηνικά, ειρηνικά".
Στρατιώτες της Ρεπουμπλικανικής Φρουράς έχουν αναπτυχθεί στην κεντρική είσοδο για να αποτρέψουν τους συγκεντρωμένους να διεισδύσουν μέσα στο κτίριο.
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7/12/12
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  • [1] Anti-Morsi protesters break through wired fences of presidential palace, injuries reported

Several guards have been injured after protesters broke through barbed wire around the presidential palace in Cairo, reports Al-Arabiya. Tens of thousands have come to the palace to slam Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s bid for absolute power.
Friday again saw thousands marching towards the presidential palace in Cairo, while hundreds others rallied in the iconic Tahrir Square. The demonstrations were called by opposition forces, which include various leftist, liberal and democratic groups.
We want to see the fall of the regime,” chanted the crowd.
The palace has grown surrounded with barbed wire fences and concrete blocks. Police, national guard troops and military are guarding the place, including the tanks brought in Thursday.
The protesters rallied peacefully for several hours, but as night fell some began attempting to remove the barbed wire. Guards reportedly retreated, and some protesters managed to break through the barricades. There, the demonstratots climbed onto army tanks waving flags and chanting slogans against President Morsi, reports Al Jazeera. Others tried to get over the gate or remove the barbed wire.
The crowd cheered the breakthrough with drums, fireworks and shouts of “the revolution is back,” say Ahram Online's journalists at the scene.
Anti-Morsi demonstrators stage a protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo December 7, 2012 (Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Anti-Morsi demonstrators stage a protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo December 7, 2012 (Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
The Muslim Brotherhood, which has been calling for thousands-strong demonstrations in support of President Morsi, Friday once again slammed the opposition’s attempts “to stall the democratic transition.” In its Twitter feed, Egypt’s most influential religious movement called on the nation to rule the country by ballot on the constitutional referendum is set for December 15.
On Friday Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki said the constitutional referendum might be rescheduled.
The president is ready to talk with political figures without any preconditions. He is open to the idea of postponing the referendum to reach a consensus over the contentious articles. He is ready for that, even if it means the constitution will return to the assembly,” Mekki said.
The Election Committee has already agreed to postpone the voting of Egyptians abroad, which was due to start on Saturday, report local media.
However, opposition groups have said their principal position is not to engage in dialogues with the sitting authorities.

Tensions spreading nationwide

Clashes flared between Morsi supporters and opponents outside his house in the town of al-Zagazig, northeast of the capital. Security forces deployed tear gas as dozens of angry demonstrators threw rocks at the president’s house. The standoff in the capital of Sharqiya province comes after police evacuated the Morsi family from their house on Thursday amidst fierce fighting.
Fighting was also reported in the northern city of Kafr El-Sheikh, around 150 kilometers (62 miles) from Cairo, as well as in the towns of Mansoura and Tanta. In Kafr El-Sheikh, four people were reportedly injured after about 1,000 opposition protesters attempted to attack the local Muslim Brotherhood headquarters and were confronted by some 200 Brotherhood supporters.
Similar clashes were also reported in the coastal province of Beheira, where 16 people were injured in scuffles between oppositon groups and the Muslim Brotherhood supporters.
Egyptian demonstrators stand behind a barbed wire fence opposite Egyptian soldiers standing guard near the presidential palace in Cairo on December 7, 2012 (AFP Photo / Gianluigi Guercia)
Egyptian demonstrators stand behind a barbed wire fence opposite Egyptian soldiers standing guard near the presidential palace in Cairo on December 7, 2012 (AFP Photo / Gianluigi Guercia)
Recent unrest in Egypt stems on Morsi’s November 22 decree, in which he granted himself  near-absolute powers, including immunity from judicial oversight of his decisions. Morsi is still pushing for a constitutional referendum in December despite the opposition’s outspoken criticism of the document, which under the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists's pressure is designed to keep “the principles of sharia” law as the main source of legislation.
This week the situation grew extremely volatile in Cairo, with at least six people killed and hundreds more injured in clashes outside the presidential palace.
Thursday, the military put tanks outside the palace and 3pm curfew was proclaimed. Even so, hundreds of people streamed into the streets at nightfall, some of them demanding Morsi’s November decrees be retracted, others thrusting their support behind the Egyptian leaders – and many others still just protesting the recent deaths.
Soon after that President Morsi addressed the nation accusing the foreign-funded opposition of trying to incite violence against his legitimacy.
"I separate the legitimate opposition from the vandals who committed violence,” said Morsi. “The opposition thinks Article 6 is a problem. I won’t insist on keeping it, and anyway, the decree ends after the referendum.”
The president called for a Saturday meeting with the opposition to defuse the crisis, but the April 6 group, a leading Egyptian pro-democracy movement which was in the forefront of the revolt against Hosni Mubarak, rejected the call for dialogue, saying it would continue protests against the president.
Anti-Morsi demonstrators stage a protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo December 7, 2012 (Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Anti-Morsi demonstrators stage a protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo December 7, 2012 (Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany)


Egypt Protests (live)

Tanks parked outside Tahrir Square and the Presidential Palace. Thousands of people gather on the streets of Cairo, defying a curfew, as the country’s political crisis continues to deepen.

 

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