Monday, February 24, 2014

Egyptian PM Hazem el-Beblawi says government to resign Feb 24, 2014



Hazem Beblawy.jpg
Prime Minister of Egypt
Acting
In office
16 July 2013 – 1 March 2014
PresidentAdly Mansour (Acting)
Preceded byHesham Qandil
Succeeded byIbrahim Mahlab (Acting)
Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt
In office
17 July 2011 – 1 December 2011
Prime MinisterEssam Sharaf
Preceded bySamir Radwan
Succeeded byMomtaz El-Saeed
Minister of Finance
In office
17 July 2011 – 1 December 2011
Prime MinisterEssam Sharaf
Preceded bySamir Radwan
Succeeded byMomtaz El-Saeed
Personal details
BornHazem Abdel Aziz Al Beblawi
17 October 1936 (age 78)
CairoEgypt
Political partyEgyptian Social Democratic Party (Before 2013)
Independent (2013–present)
Alma materCairo University
University of Grenoble
Pantheon-Sorbonne University



Beblawi was the chief architect of the Rab3a massacre.

On 14 August 2013 Egyptian security forces raided two camps of protesters inCairo: one at al-Nahda Square and a larger one at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square. The two sites had been occupied by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, who was removed from office by the military after mass street protestsagainst him. The camps were raided after initiatives to end the six week sit-insfailed and as a result of the raids the camps were cleared out within hours.[7]The raids were described by Human Rights Watch as "one of the world’s largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history”.[8] According to Human Rights Watch, a minimum of 817 people and more likely at least 1,000 were killed in Rabaa Square on August 14.[9] According to the Egyptian Health Ministry, 638 people were killed on 14 August, of which 595 were civilians and 43 police officers, with at least 3,994 injured. The Muslim Brotherhood and National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy (NCSL) claimed the number of deaths from the Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque sit-in alone was about 2,600. Violent retaliation followed in several cities across the country. The interim government declared a month-long state of emergency in response and curfews were instituted in many areas. The total casualty count made 14 August the deadliest day since the 2011 Egyptian revolution which toppled Morsi's predecessor Hosni Mubarak. The clashes were widely denounced by several world leaders.


Bodies of pro-Morsi supporters

Burned dead body from the Massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2013_Rabaa_massacre 

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