Response to Threats by the Coup Cabinet
Statement by the Coalition of Rabaa Al-Adawiyya
Residents In Response to Threats by the Coup Cabinet
We, the Coalition of Rabaa Al-Adawiyya Residents, partially representing area residents, born and raised in its streets, educated in its schools ..
Announce our support for
the peaceful pro-legitimacy, pro-democracy and anti-coup
sit-in.
The Coalition affirms its respect for opinions
differing from its own, and acknowledges their owners' right
to express them in a peaceful and civilized manner. But it
completely rejects anyone speaking on behalf of all the
residents, or anyone threatening protestors with violence in
the name of all the residents.
The Coalition also
rejects the coup cabinet statement in which it threatens
peaceful protestors with violence. It considers any threat
to the sit-in as a threat to the residents. And this is from
the viewpoint of fairness and guaranteeing the rights of all
to freedom of expression and peaceful protest.
The
Coalition affirms the following:
First: The continued
support of the protestors. We also thank and express our
appreciation to all Rabaa residents who have borne with us
all the hardships caused by the bloody military
coup.
Second: We urge the armed forces to open
Al-Tayaran and Yusuf Abbas streets from the Salah Salem
side, and to refrain from using the residents as a
bargaining chip to pressure the protestors. We point out
that if the protest is closing off some approaches to the
area, the armed forces are inconveniencing the residents by
closing off the remaining approaches.
Third: We affirm
our continued communication with protest leaders to resolve
all problems, provide all services and secure all buildings
through mutual co-operation.
Fourth: We point out that
Tahrir Square has been closed off dozens of times for long
periods without threat or accountability, in spite of the
many violations that hurt all Egyptians, not just residents
of Tahrir. This is a call for justice and
fairness.
Finally: We renew our pledge to complete the
gains of the January 25th revolution, to support the needs
of the residents, and to protect the peaceful protest to the
best of our
abilities.
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