The Nadim Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence has issued a statement denouncing the failure of security forces to stop the sexual assaults against women last eid. The anti-torture clinic also mocked the Interior Ministry’s attempts to throw the blame on bloggers for “defaming the country’s image abroad.” Rather it’s the security services themselves who defame the country by sexually assaulting women during demos and in police stations, the statement charged.
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Thousands demonstrate at Cairo University
Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood and leftist students are demonstrating at the Cairo University campus in Giza, protesting state security’s hassles against opposition candidates running for the student union elections.
The list of candidates certified to run in the elections should have been announced by 3pm. As of the time of writing, it hasn’t. The student activists smelt a fish, expecting the delay to be related to the security going through the names, putting their final touch, and eleminating names of political activists. Demonstrations broke out on campus. The university gate has been reportedly smashed. The students are currently on a sit in, waiting for the lists to be publicized.
The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression has issued a statement denouncing security violations against students in Helwan, Ain Shams and Cairo universities.
UPDATE: The lists were announced sometime after 8pm. About 200 Muslim Brothers were banned by security, according to a MB student I spoke to over the phone. Demonstrations broke out, and the students tried to go out on the streets, only to be met by the Central Security Forces. The troops clashed with protesters violently at the gates of the university. The standoff ended around 9:30pm.
UPDATE: The AFTEE has issued another statement denouncing the security forces’ assaults on students.
Protest sexual assaults
Activists are organizing a sit in at the Press Syndicate, 12 noon, on 9 November, to protest the sexual assaults against women during Eid. The activists are demanding the resignation of General Habib el-Adly, the Interior Minister whose security forces stood by watching the assaults without intervention.