International condemnation over protesters’ deaths
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Egypt’s military rulers faced international condemnation yesterday over the bloody crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood protesters, with the UN rights chief demanding an investigation.
More than 500 people were killed in Wednesday’s assaults on two Cairo protest camps of supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, in the country’s worst violence in decades.
France, Britain, Germany and Italy summoned Egypt’s ambassadors to voice their strong concern.
UN rights chief Navi Pillay said the death toll points “to an excessive, even extreme, use of force against demonstrators.”
She said: “There must be an independent, impartial, effective and credible investigation of the conduct of the security forces. Anyone found guilty of wrongdoing should be held to account.”
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Morsi supporter, called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting over Egypt’s “massacre” against the “Egyptian people who were only protesting peacefully.”
China urged all parties in Egypt to exercise restraint and resolve differences through dialogue.
French President Francois Hollande said “everything must be done to avoid a civil war” in Egypt and called for new elections. Britain also condemned the violence. Germany, whose Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has called for an end to violence and resumed negotiations, told Egypt’s envoy its position “in no uncertain terms,” said a ministry spokeswoman.
Denmark suspended aid worth four million euros (US$5.3 million) to Egypt “in response to the bloody events and the very regrettable turn the development of democracy has taken.”
Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said the situation “has all the characteristics of a military coup.”
Pakistan expressed its “dismay and deep concern” over the loss of innocent lives.
The Philippines urged its 6,000 nationals in Egypt to leave the country.
Only the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain voiced support for Egypt’s military leaders, saying it was the state’s duty to restore order.
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