INDONESIA: Anger over Egypt crackdown hits country

Record ID: 214033

  • Title: INDONESIA: Anger over Egypt crackdown hits country
  • Date: 19th August 2013
  • Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (AUGUST 19, 2013) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS GATHERED IN JAKARTA'S CITY CENTRE CARRYING EGYPTIAN FLAGS POLICEMEN STANDING GUARD/PROTESTERS CHANTING IN ARABIC: 'God is great' MORE OF DEMONSTRATORS STANDING IN PROTEST SHOUTING IN ARABIC: 'God is great' /MAN FILMING PROTEST CLOSE OF PROTESTER SHOUTING: 'God is great' BANNER WITH SIGN READING IN BAHASA INDONESIA: "NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR SOLIDARITY, HUMANITY AND DEMOCRACY - EGYPT" (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) PROTESTER, IRFAN AWALUDIN, SAYING: "In an era of democracy, we have to respect others who have different opinions than us. I think Egypt's military did not respect the difference." PROTESTERS WAVING BANNER SHOWING PICTURE OF OUSTED EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MURSI WITH ENGLISH WRITING READING: "Save Egypt - First democratically elected President of Egypt is Muhammad Mursi" CLOSE OF EGYPTIAN FLAG PAINTED ON YOUNG GIRL'S CHEEK YOUNG GIRL STANDING IN PROTEST PROTESTERS HOLDING PLACARD SHOWING PICTURE OF HAND WITH WRITING READING: 'Rabia' [IN REFERENCE TO RABAA AL-ADAWIYA SQUARE WHERE PRO-MURSI DEMONSTRATORS STAGED THEIR SIT-IN PROTESTS] DEMONSTRATORS LINED UP IN PROTEST/ PICTURE OF MURSI CARRIED OUT BY ONE PROTESTER MORE OF PROTEST
  • Embargoed: 3rd September 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Indonesia
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVACQ4QYQDE1GAZBQ7QUGT3NTOL6
  • Story Text: Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Indonesian capital on Monday (August 19) to protest against violence raging in Egypt.
    Carrying a banner reading "Save Egypt" and pictures of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi, protesters voiced their anger over the Egyptian government's crackdown on supporters of Mursi.
    One protester said continued violence damaged the path to a democratic Egypt and that the country's military was acting outside of its powers.
    "In an era of democracy, we have to respect others who have different opinions than us. I think Egypt's military did not respect the difference," said one protester, Irfan Awaludin.
    More than 800 people have died in Egypt since last Wednesday (August 14) in clashes pitting backers of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and security forces.
    Police have said they have arrested more than 1,000 Brotherhood sympathisers in recent days as part of a broad crackdown aimed at ending weeks of political turmoil.
    The crackdown defied Western appeals for restraint and a peaceful, negotiated settlement to Egypt's political crisis following the military's removal of Mursi last month, prompting international statements of dismay and condemnation.
    Nearly 90 percent of Indonesia's 250 million population are Muslim and most Indonesians follow a moderate form of Islam.
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