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Egypt's June 30 coalition loses support

Hamdeen Sabahi, a former presidential candidate, is leading a movement to boycott the final stages of the June 30 coalition talks to finalize a road map for Egypt in light of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s newest policies and the acquittal of former President Hosni Mubarak.

Presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi delivers a speech in front of his supporters during a rally in central Cairo May 23, 2014. Egyptians vote next week in an election expected to make former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi president, marking a revival of strongman rule three years after the downfall of Hosni Mubarak. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR3QLCJ
Presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi delivers a speech in front of his supporters during a rally in central Cairo, May 23, 2014. — REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

CAIRO — The former Egyptian presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi is leading a fierce attack against the regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Sabahi voiced his opposition to the current security practices against students, the imprisonment of youth political activists and the acts of torture in prisons.

Sabahi declared the formation of a student committee that reflects the political action taking place at many of Egyptian universities, which expresses the pulse and demands of the universities students regarding the rights and freedom in a democratic civil state.

This comes in conjunction with the protests announced by the April 6 Youth Movement that will be holding a rally in the next few days (at the time of publishing the exact date has not yet been announced) that will continue until the anniversary of the January 25 Revolution in protest against the current policies in Egypt. This is in light of Sabahi’s participation in the current wave of protests in Egypt against a ruling issued by the Egyptian judiciary acquitting former President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons and the men of his regime of the charges of which they were accused — these included killing protesters, looting public money and exporting gas to Israel.

Sabahi accused the June 30 Coordination Committee — the coalition that overthrew the Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi and that joined the Military Council to draw-up the draft Egyptian road map — of handing the revolution back over to Mubarak and his regime.

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