Egyptian Revolutionary Council slams disciplinary decisions against students and academics

After reviewing Law No. 58 of 1937 as amended by Law No. 283 of 1956 and 106 of 1971, as well as Law No. 150 of 1950, which was amended by Law No. 95 of 2003, the Egyptian Revolutionary Council issued its second resolution for 2014. This is due to the fact that the coup-led government’s crimes against the Egyptian university students constitute a violation of their natural right to expression. They have also been unjustly searched by mercenaries, who do not hold official positions or judicial standing, and who were hired by the coup-led government. Such violations even reached the extent of physical assault on students.

Therefore, the Egyptian Revolutionary Council adopted a resolution that considers all the crimes committed against the students to be criminal offenses with no statute of limitations. In addition to this, the Council holds the leader of the military coup, his Prime Minister, Interior Minister, Minister of Higher Education, the members of the National Security Council, university chairmen, and the security directors in all the Egyptian provinces in which such crimes and violations were committed responsible.

The Council also appointed Ahmed Al-Baqri, a member of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council and Vice President of the Egyptian Student Union (ESU) as general coordinator of the International Solidarity with Egyptian student’s campaign, established by the Revolutionary Council. He was also tasked with communicating with the leaders of student work in Egypt in order to document the violations committed against the students and to identify the perpetrators.

In addition to this, the Council considered all disciplinary decisions issued against students and faculty members regarding all student activities since the beginning of the coup to be null and void. Also, the authors of these decisions will be prosecuted immediately once the coup is overthrown.