‘Many Egyptians killed after Morsi’s removal’

Husain disclosed this in Lagos yesterday while speaking at the symposium titled: “Impunity and Democracy Consolidation in Africa” organised by the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and Nigerian Civil Society Coalition Against Coup and Militarisation.  He alleged that since the coup d’état against President Muhammed Morsi, there has been systematic killings of […]

Husain disclosed this in Lagos yesterday while speaking at the symposium titled: “Impunity and Democracy Consolidation in Africa” organised by the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and Nigerian Civil Society Coalition Against Coup and Militarisation.  
He alleged that since the coup d’état against President Muhammed Morsi, there has been systematic killings of Egyptians who are opposed to the rule of the military junta.
“Since the President Morsi was over thrown, over 7000 Egyptians have been massacred, 23,000 jailed while over 20,000 have sustained various degree of injuries.
“However surprising is the studied silence of the world leaders especially countries that claimed to be championing the cause of democracy and human rights,” Hussein who spoke through an interpreter said.
The activist however commended the African Union (AU) for refusing to recognise the military junta in Egypt as the legitimate government.
He said other countries of the world must emulate the AU so as to discourage the use of force to take over power.
Earlier, the Guest Speaker, Dr Sylvester Odion said the western world cannot be totally excused from the recent crises plaguing Africa.
He cited the scramble for the control oil resource in Libya in the aftermath of Muamar Gadaffi as an instance.
“From Egypt to Libya and to the Boko Haram crises in Nigeria, the western world cannot be totally exempted of culpability. This is because most of the crises have external dimension. We are all living witnesses to the scrambling for the oil resources in Libya after Muamar Gadaffi was killed,” Odion said.