zam even if it's not. us i was it's we have more. choice in this cottage because you can go away told transmitted to the trolls. much and i want. to tell you. half. i was. january 20th 11 hundreds of thousands of men and women in egypt protest against the regime of president hosni mubarak who has been in power for 3 decades there demanding his resignation more freedom and social justice. the mass protests are a success mubarak is forced to step down. the egyptian military assumes

power yet the protests go on the police and military retaliate with ever greater force many women become the targets of sexual harassment and violence perpetrated by the military the police and religious zealots. the situation does not change just the party of the islamic muslim brotherhood wins the parliamentary elections in january 28th and their candidate mohamed morsi becomes the new president in june 2012 egyptians soon take to the streets again to demonstrate against morsi is regime once more there are many women in the front line i joined cultist against morsi but with big gatherings and problems i. ended midst of all the cuts many women assaulted. i was punched and groped by men.

sexual harassment and sexual violence has been super evident since the virginity virginity tests i mean. rape and assault they were taking place all the time but more than anything no one was just us protecting ourselves. so we decided as a group of friends to form some sort of an intervention team started up as operation anti-sexual harassment and then later on when we realized that we should not sugarcoat the level of the crime we are slashing assault.

was in the 21st of january 2013. we documented 19 cases of sexual assault and rape at least one of them was raped with a with a knife. it was extremely brutal unplugs he. was. peeping this is not a brawl the red circle indicates the position of the young woman she's being sexually assaulted in this home and 3 or 4 pairs of hands are in her trousers and 3 or 4 others inside her blouse 10 people are pulling her from every direction. some people are helping her. she would be. a man takes office trousers to cover her.

another does the same with his jacket so. this young woman can't breathe and all the pulling and pushing she passes out. so thank god she's not wearing a scarf like the girl they tried to strangle with the one she was wearing or the girl who was penetrated with a knife or the woman who was raped in front of her children and the. women don't these women will never be told they are heroes. but we will not be silence this is our revolution and we will fight this battle to the last press moore says government that nothing. no one found on forced investigators the sexual violence that took place during their who. instead whoever

was an authority watched this happen and they were blaming each other. neither of them have done anything to protect women and women's bodies became just a battlefield a political battle feeding. the the the the was was the was. the. a year ago morsi won 51 percent of the but now it's clay the $22000000.00

signatures of being gathered against. me believes they shout to writing him as autocratic and incompetent as poverty unemployment inflation and debt all continue to worsen the president's supporters insist he must stay in power by brotherhood spokesman warns the group supporters will not attack the other cheek and they too can seem headed inexorably to finding clash. and you've seen it and we wanted the people to topple the brotherhood we could paddle selves for that. we had to tend to in time to square and to tend to the presidential palace we were prepared to stay a month or 2. they going to have that we were preempted when c.c. issued a 48 hour ultimatum and get the money on band sat millions of people once again taking to the streets huge crowds in town for

a square the military has given the president a major ultimatum egypt's army announces it will intervene within 48 hours the clock is ticking and nobody arm as he didn't mean that wasting more time will only lead to more division and conflict meanwhile in case sami you are wrong been very much it is not possible the people empowered me the people chose me through a free and fair election. the people approved a constitution that assigned me a role of a country expects me to act in accordance with this legitimacy and can only. but actually the constitution or the presidency like you just heard bill ayers of the egyptian military general el-sisi make it official of the egyptian president

mohamed morsi is out. of the film and i was there the moment morsi was removed from power. back that i had been chanting and celebrating with my colleagues it suddenly hit me this dave was brought about by the military. to teach. them the most english as happy as i was that mostly was out that had been our goal i was afraid because it was achieved by the military. and with the military trying to seize power again. would we see more military violations on the streets and in the square killings torture dragging and abuse of women i was very concerned about what would come into.

the. authorities are increasingly using the word terrorism when describing supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi the muslim brotherhood. i. i thought this is i'm asking you c.c. look pointed you. pointed your huge dog morsi appointed we will burn you i was back i was almost

a policeman you just saw fighting to the ground reportedly pushed off a bridge by supporters of the forces are you the muslim brotherhood they are planting the forces of the interim government is opening fire in the street. the muslim brotherhood say scores of protesters are dancing they claim police are shooting to kill and we are going to the mall we've witnessed so many noise that they forced parents to sign reports saying their child died of suicide while fighting when they were actually shot in the chest breaking. through the hole. in the unit to close them and i often work late at the last santa and it's very difficult for me to get home already established on the rocks.

there is a lot of pressure when you are dealing with people who have been arrested or are missing the situation in this country is very difficult at the moment no one feels safe and cement i mean. he was. relating the lightest possible at 7 am to the police headed to grab a square and surrounded it from all directions he. was trapping everyone and saw. thank.

you. and if anyone roughed up i went to the ball the next day and i will never forget the smell of death. no matter what kind of people they were they were still people . most of them it's like a lot to some but i have the city and could have been cleared in

a more humane way they could have blocked a toff cut the electricity supply the water supply and all going out so i know it could have been the sewage system but to burn down the most skinny gas station him as good which headed by the zima. there were too many dead bodies for the morgue to handle. a good score so the bodies were piled in the street and they were covered with newspaper and ice because it was so hot. he is a french journalist who wants to interview hand and nephew and the coordinator of the human rights defenders program. what do you think is the reason for this

repression. any regime can use repression as a way to control opposition they will be more aggressive and they will be more violence i mean in the next phase the rate of violence and the rate of arrests will increase not decrease. are there a lot of detainees facing severe charges like terrorism. yes everyone arrested is charged with terrorism. will the government prevail. prevail. they claim the state is eliminating terrorism but terrorism will only increase because of the state's extreme violence. that's not the way to eliminate terrorism . this will only increase terrorism in egypt i predict will suffer for years to come because of the way security forces dealt with the muslim brotherhood. when it's.

all survived but it's rule caps rule more says government and now back to an interim government backed by the army. and the same activists are being tried and arrested. they have transferred my case to a terrorism court. in a court of the judiciary is now handing out severe sentences against the revolutionaries. that's a lot of money i try to stay up to mr everything will be ok god willing. the

lawyers will do what's necessary to prove us innocent but all right not. home are you here to defend hens nifty. against the hearing started and it was clear from the beginning that the judge was totally against us he insisted on locking us in the cage for. i'm presenting the findings of the investigation into the events of the murder and injury of protesters in december 27th. you will. note these allegations in the record. your investigation reports say that the officers and soldiers attack these people. yes you are saying these people in the cage are victims correct. are you saying the police are bastards who go around randomly arresting people. where's your proof. our request to submit the

evidence is in the document before you. so this document contains all the evidence you want to submit yes your honor we are adamant this evidence be entered in the court record. the courts decided to postpone this case. i. so how will we get out of this it. was.

quite all the i mean i predict that you'll be sentenced to at least 10 years. they want the majority of activists or those involved in human rights activities to be in prison so be prepared for it and as you say you're a human rights and women's rights activist so they have their eye on you and. that's why i think the verdict will be severe it won't be lenient 5 years would be an acquittal in this case misha encompassing. for the lead because one of them i think an acquittal would be like condemning the army so they're not going to acquit us i've started to pay my cell phone whatever happens the most important thing is that you guys come to visit me. we'll come visit you we don't abandon anyone all of you. will be there all the time you'll be sick of us. god is with you and will be with us don't worry. these are really dark days.

i went to ny that i'm scared about the trial but what lies ahead can't be worse than what i've already experienced.

the fall of the market keep these with even case someone is arrested hike them in your pockets and pass them around if someone is mistreated they'll know who to call we have lawyers this is why i have a thought for the past 2 weeks i've had an uneasy feeling. my brother joined the army and i'm always a protests. i'm going to lie it's possible that i'll find my brother standing there with his weapon ready to use against me. and he could be the one who drags me away and rests and tortures me or my friends he could fire a bullet at me my killer could be my brother and be a holy. man

and what's going on. we have to split into groups they're arresting all the young people we're surrounded by security forces it's a disaster waiting to happen. i . cut i. have. a people united to depose the president 3 years ago but not enough people were divided. on the one side those who

believe the military backed interim government has saved the revolution. on the other those who maintain their hopes of democracy and not. someone's been shot ok so. what happened to you. live out on. a minimum. those protesting the military fact take their political speech dispersed by the police objects new goals for putting an authorized protest as well as with tear gas. cans are we going to be strong today we knew this was going to happen we will rise to the occasion come on we have a cup and. we have to get out of here. please. keep this.

league. only god can help us know. you. were in the world. not only we're taking to the streets to see our revolution through to the end but after 3 years the situation has gotten worse . every time we go out and protest we think it's going to get better but the only thing increasing is the number of people dying bloody deaths we are being killed off or put in jail every time we demonstrate for a new president the new one attacks and kills more of us then the last thing as. a. man is that we've been in

a street war for the past 2 hours and they've arrested many young protesters those not carrying cc's photo taken away has sisi become a symbol of freedom and those without his picture of the opposition which is freedom that we have seen. as long as there are people like you behind us mama will never give up or despair and i want you to know one saying no man is going to be our government whoever brings bread freedom and social justice to egypt i will respect him but fear and violence will not intimidate us terrorism is not the muslim brotherhood all the street thugs the most dangerous terrorists are the ones who lie arrest and humiliate people no one has been put on trial yet for murdering the egyptian people when they charge a convict and kill us and stand. it

was. please. please do me. the it's not hard to remember what i wanted to do in the revolution because what i wanted the fans what i want now freedom who doesn't want free that. week. that the mobs that were chanting sums it on are that freedom and social justice including fighting for women's

rights specific to me. course i'm not as positive as i was once but it's. some ups and bring me i want to know from you wearing what you're not wearing we're going to fight we have rights and it doesn't matter who's a coward and. we really made that point in the past yes ok we're here to set up. and we hide baby victories. for the. little boy who. could name and i know so many more my colleagues and i always say that a nation without torch is a dream that will make come true we are working hard to achieve that goal when

heading. to the bottom how do i still have conflicts with my family some space still not convinced that i'm right. but i'm glad i do what i did and i do it with love i feel that i'm conveying a message and contribution to a cause i believe in maybe. good .

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