Protests against Egyptian president continue
Egyptian police used tear gas to disperse protestors in downtown Cairo once again on Sunday.
Sunday, 25.11.2012.
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CAIRO Egyptian police used tear gas to disperse protestors in downtown Cairo once again on Sunday. The protesters threw rocks at police who fired back with rounds of tear gas in the third day of violence since the president's decrees put him above judicial oversight and extended the same protection to two Islamist-dominated bodies - the assembly writing a new constitution and the upper house of parliament. Protests against Egyptian president continue President Muhammed Morsi's supporters and opponents are both planning demonstrations on Tuesday that many fear will lead to more violence. Prominent Egyptian democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei called Saturday for Morsi to rescind the near absolute powers he has granted himself. ElBaradei, addressing crowds in Tahrir Square, said the president must take the action to avoid the possibility of increased turmoil in the country that has recently shed its longtime repressive government. Egypt's highest body of judges, the Supreme Judicial Council, also condemned President Morsi's decree. The judges Saturday called the move "an unprecedented attack" on the independence of the judiciary. Judges in Alexandria have gone on strike, saying they will not return to work until the decree is withdrawn. The protests began Friday, a day after Morsi declared that his decisions cannot be appealed by the courts or any other authority. He cited a need to protect the achievements of the 2011 revolution that led to the ouster of Mubarak after three decades in power. Morsi's decree Thursday includes an order for retrials of former officials who used violence to suppress last year's popular revolution against Mubarak. It also bars Egypt's judiciary from dissolving the upper house of parliament and an assembly drafting a new constitution - both dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood. (Tanjug) VOA
Protests against Egyptian president continue
President Muhammed Morsi's supporters and opponents are both planning demonstrations on Tuesday that many fear will lead to more violence.Prominent Egyptian democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei called Saturday for Morsi to rescind the near absolute powers he has granted himself.
ElBaradei, addressing crowds in Tahrir Square, said the president must take the action to avoid the possibility of increased turmoil in the country that has recently shed its longtime repressive government.
Egypt's highest body of judges, the Supreme Judicial Council, also condemned President Morsi's decree.
The judges Saturday called the move "an unprecedented attack" on the independence of the judiciary. Judges in Alexandria have gone on strike, saying they will not return to work until the decree is withdrawn.
The protests began Friday, a day after Morsi declared that his decisions cannot be appealed by the courts or any other authority. He cited a need to protect the achievements of the 2011 revolution that led to the ouster of Mubarak after three decades in power.
Morsi's decree Thursday includes an order for retrials of former officials who used violence to suppress last year's popular revolution against Mubarak. It also bars Egypt's judiciary from dissolving the upper house of parliament and an assembly drafting a new constitution - both dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood.
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