Egypt's army should release Mohamed Morsi for its own sake
Egypt's first democratically elected president was overthrown on 3 July after mass protests. Since then he's not been heard from. He is being held, Egypt's military insists, in a "safe place" – even if it won't say where. No charges have been filed, although it's been suggested that Morsi could be charged with "conspiracy with foreign actors" or "insulting the judiciary". These circumstances, says Amnesty International, are tantamount to "enforced disappearance".
The mystery over Morsi's whereabouts and fate comes amid new evidence that Egypt's generals are planning a wider crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.
On Wednesday army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi called for nationwide rallies on Friday to give the military a mandate to confront what he called "violence and terrorism" – not much of a code for those who have been protesting against Morsi's detention and this month's army-backed coup.… Seguir leyendo »