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Egypt’s President Sisi Attacks Calls for ‘New Revolution’

December 22, 2015
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Addressing the “group calling for a new revolution” in January, Egypt’s president asked if they want to “ruin this country and destroy the people”, in a speech on Tuesday. January 25, 2016 will mark the fifth anniversary of the 2011 uprising, which toppled then-president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak. One call to protest on that date, is raising the slogan “we will drop the tyranny” and has picked up momentum on social media. More than 45,000 people said they are joining the call on a Facebook event and nearly 400,000 others are invited. The invitation reads, “there is no freedom of opinion. There is no freedom of expression. There is no freedom to protest. There is no free press.” President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he came at the will of the people, not in spite of it, adding that he would not remain in power for a “second” if it is against the will of the people, in a speech delivered during a celebration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad, organised by the ministry of endowments. Sisi became the President of Egypt in June 2014 after winning presidential elections in a landslide…


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