Egypt: Protesters Against President Fattah Al-Sisi Teargassed By Police - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
September 21, 2019
A protest broke outin Cairo and other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of President AbdelFattah al-Sisi, but police quickly dispersed them.
Dozens of peoplejoined demonstrations around Tahrir Square; the epicentre of the 2011revolution that toppled the country’s long-time autocratic leader.
Such demonstrationsare rare after Egypt effectively banned protests under a law passed followingthe 2013 military ouster of Islamist ex-President Mohamed Morsi.
Amid a heavysecurity presence, including riot police and plainclothes police officers,protesters were rounded up.
Some journalistssaw about five protesters being arrested and police firing tear gas atdemonstrators around the square.
Under the rule ofgeneral-turned-President Sisi, who led Morsi’s ouster, authorities havelaunched a broad crackdown on dissidents, jailing thousands of Islamists aswell as secular activists and popular bloggers.