Call for “Peaceful Protests” in Egypt as Al-Sisi Returns

Cairo: There were calls for “peaceful protests” in Egypt against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who returned from New York on Friday. Such calls came one week after mass arrests in the country, with almost a thousand defendants in preventive detention for participating in demonstrations last week, the first against Al-Sisi since 2016.

Mohamed Ali, an Egyptian businessman who has promoted the protests from Barcelona in Spain, released a new video late on Thursday calling for fresh demonstrations on so-called “Salvation Friday”, Efe news reported.

Ali, however, warned his countrymen not to gather at Tahrir Square in central Cairo — the iconic setting of the 2011 revolution that ended the rule of the country’s former President Hosni Mubarak — who held power for over 30 years.

“We move from the alleys to the main streets then the marches shall go to the nearest main square. Tahrir is not the target, because all the squares in Egypt are Tahrir squares,” Ali said in a video he posted across social media platforms, which also has been broadcast by non-governmental and international TV channels. He also advised the demonstrators to “get away from any incitement or attempts of confrontation” by Al-Sisi supporters. (IANS)

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