Posted on 02/24/2014 11:37:13 AM PST by Olog-hai
The first woman elected to head an Egyptian political party expressed doubt over the countrys transition to democracy on Monday, criticizing the interim authorities increasing intolerance of dissent.
Hala Shukrallah, a 59-year-old Coptic Christian, condemned the security crackdown that has resulted in mass detentions and trials in the months since the military overthrew the Islamist president last July. [ ]
Hundreds of Islamists have been killed and thousands detained. But by the end of last year and with the issuance of a draconian protest law, the appetite for dissent decreased and the clampdown widened to include some of the main figures who led the revolt against longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Shukrallah viewed this as threatening to democracy.
It is not only pulling us back to before Jan. 25 (referring to the anti-Mubarak uprising); it also brings us back to Morsis rule, when critics were described as infidels.
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Hala Shukrallah, a 59-year-old Coptic Christian, condemned the security crackdown that has resulted in mass detentions and trials in the months since the military overthrew the Islamist president last July... Hundreds of Islamists have been killed and thousands detained. But by the end of last year... the clampdown widened to include some of the main figures who led the revolt against longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011.Some people would complain if they were hung with a new rope. [old saying]
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