A number of Kefaya activists, along with representatives from other political movements, protested today at 5 PM in front of the Supreme Court building. The demonstration commemorated the killing of the young Alexandrian Khaled Saeed 40 days ago. Protesters demanded retribution.
The criminal court of Alexandria is scheduled to start the trial of the two officers implicated in Saeed’s death, Mahmoud Salah and Awad Soliman.
Additionally, Khaled Saeed’s Facebook group, estimated at some 193,000 members, called for a fourth protest against torture. Protesters are asked to wear black and gather on Alexandrian beaches, the Nile cornice, and elsewhere in the country. The protest, called the “Black Silence Revolution,” is to be staged on 23 July, in commemoration of 1952 revolution.
The group edited some videos promoting the protest. One of the videos extracts scenes from the movie V For Vendetta, in which a mysterious adventurer incites people to revolution, inserting subtitles that reference the Khaled Saeed case.
Members of the group plan to wield signs that quote article 54 of the Egyptian constitution, which states that “Citizens shall have the right to peaceful and unarmed private assembly, without the need for prior notice. Security should not attend these private meetings. Public meetings, processions, and gatherings are allowed within the limits of law.” Members insist that they will move forward with the protest in spite of anticipated attempts by authorities to stop them. “We will discuss nothing with officers. We will inform them of their country’s constitution,” stated a post by the group on Twitter
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
