Egypt Violence Worries UN
- Author:
- SABC Digital News
- Publisher:
- SABC Digital News
- Publication Date:
- 29 January 2013
- Tags:
- Egypt, Arms and Military Affairs, Governance, International Organizations and Africa
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed alarm at the spreading violence and increasing death toll in Egypt. Navi Pillay was reacting to escalating violence in response to a state of emergency instituted by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in three Suez Canal provinces after a weekend wave of protests left more than 50 people dead.
Egyptian Opposition Seeks to End Violence
- Cabinet Discusses Current Political Situation
- Morsi Assigns Canal Governors to Decide On Curfew
- Mursi Says Suez Governors May Reduce or Cancel Curfew
- Presidency - We Are Committed to Dialogue Regulations and Proposals to Ensure Fairness and Transparency
- Thousands March to Defy Curfew in Suez
- VIDEO: Egyptian Protesters Defy Emergency Law
- Security Forces Shoot Indiscriminately At Protesters in Cairo
- Police Fire Shots to Disperse Protesters At Cairo City Council
- Protesters Form Human Shield to Protect Semiramis Hotel
- Armored Vehicle Runs Over Protester in Qasr Al-Nil
- Shura Council Approves Law That Allows Military Arrest
- Opposition Threatens to Hold Early Presidential Elections
- Govt Gives Army Authority to Arrest Civilians
- National Salvation Front to Boycott Elections
- Opposition Meets With Ultraconservatives to End Crisis - Source
Egypt Declares Emergency
- Mursi Declares State of Emergency
- VIDEO: Egypt's President Declares State of Emergency
- More Die in Port Said Unrest
- National Salvation Front to Boycott Elections
- Sixteen Die in Clashes Over Death Sentences
- Armed Forces Reopen Suez-Ain Sokhna Road
- U.S. Embassy in Cairo Suspends Services Due to Security Concerns
- Revolution Deviating From Peaceful Course - Mursi
- VIDEO: Egypt's Port Said hit by Renewed Deadly Clash
- NDC Condemns Violence, Urges Peaceful Protest
- Rights Groups Condemn Arrest of Activists for Filming Clashes
- British Embassy in Cairo Suspends Public Services
- British Foreign Office Condemns Violence in Egypt
- Teargas and Shots At Port Said Funeral
- Army Spokesman Dismisses Reported Deaths, Injuries
- Deadly Clashes Follow Soccer Riot Verdict
- Death Sentences for Stadium Killings
- 21 Defendants Receive Death Penalty in Football Massacre Trial
Clashes Erupt Across Egypt
- Five Dead in Suez Shooting Incident
- Assailants Shoot Security Forces in Suez
- Five Killed, 379 Injured On Anniversary of Uprising - Health Ministry
- VIDEO: The State of Egypt's Revolution
- Breaking - Street Battles Erupt Port Said, Gunshots Heard
- Protesters Stone Security Forces in Cairo
- 19 Injured in Alexandria Clashes
- Clashes Toll Exceeds 30 in Suez
- Breaking - Clashes, Teargas At Presidential Palace
- PM Kandil Urges Political Powers to Keep Demonstrations Peaceful
- Port Said Marches Demand Toppling President Mursi
- Protesters Break Into Suez City Council, Declare Sit-in
- Protesters Cut Off Alexandria's Corniche, Tramway
- 62 Security Vehicles to Protect Interior Ministry, Cabinet
- Locals Rally on Anniversary of Uprising
- VIDEO: Egyptian Opposition Calls for Anniversary Protests
- FJP Head - Locals Entitled to Celebrate Uprising Anniverary Without Violence
- Four Wounded in Tahrir Clashes - Health Ministry
- Medical Teams, Ambulances On Standby for Friday Demonstrations
- ElBaradei Calls for Protests On Revolution Anniversary
- Local Women March On January 25 Anniversary
- Cabinet: January 25th Revolution Changed Face of Egypt
- Clashes in Nation On Eve of Uprising Anniversary
