The crime of the century

I am not able to write about the anniversary of the Rabaa Al-Adaweya and Al-Nahda square massacres, as well as the massacre at Mostafa Mahmoud Mosque (which analysts and activists always forget to mention, despite the fact that over 60 people were killed there). I am also unable to write about the massacres committed before these massacres at the headquarters of the Republican Guard and Al-Manasa memorial site or after them, i.e. Al-Fateh Mosque massacre and the deportation car murders. My heart can’t handle writing about these massacres two years later while the blood of thousands of martyrs still has not been avenged. Their blood has soaked Egyptian soil but the ground refused to absorb their blood, instead leaving it as a curse on the murderers in order to haunt them everywhere they are.

These massacres are also a disgrace to all of the human rights organisations in the world which remained content with issuing statements condemning these acts but have not declared them as war crimes in order to prosecute the murders in international courts.

They are a disgrace to the free people of the world who were not affected by these massacres and who did not take action to demand their leaders take a firm position against the coup that caused the death of thousands of innocent people.

It is also a shame and a sign of weakness for all of the entities that formed before and after the coup, including the National Alliance Supporting Legitimacy, the Revolutionary Council etc. It has become apparent that these are only paper entities that do not differ much from the paper parties in Egypt. Their roles do not go beyond issuing statements, condemnations and threats but none of this is translated on the ground. We have not seen any positive action being taken in the international arena. Meanwhile the coup and it supporters are gaining new ground every day and are gaining the recognition of the world.

I realise that the countries in the world act based on their interests rather than on morals, principles and values, and that the Western countries, along with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, all plotted against us and planned the coup, supporting it with all types of support, including funds and verbal support. However, what did you all do to thwart these conspiracies and plots that are still being made against Egypt? What is your strategy for confronting whatever comes next? What is your short-term and long-term vision for the future? All of these questions for these entities are swimming in the minds of every free Egyptian citizen who is against the fascist coup and who is committed to a democratic path. These people have high hopes for these entities and formations, believing that they are the only front that will be able to put Egypt back on the right track. However, the people become upset when they hear about the divisions and disputes amongst these entities and the resignations in their ranks.

This is not the time for disputes amongst those who are on the same path and the same side; those who were brought together by the pure blood of the Egyptians. This is a time for unity. I salute the martyrs of the coup’s massacres and I am ashamed and disgraced that we still have not avenged their deaths. Perhaps we will do you justice by the third anniversary of these massacres and we will be able hold our heads high.

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