PROTEST MARCH HELD AGAINST MILITARY COUP IN EGYPT

Hundreds of youths, on 1 August, assembled at the Egyptian embassy in the national capital responding to the call of the Egypt Solidarity Forum to lodge their protest against the overthrow of the first democratically elected government of Egypt by the military

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Hundreds of youths, on 1 August, assembled at the Egyptian embassy in the national capital responding to the call of the Egypt Solidarity Forum to lodge their protest against the overthrow of the first democratically elected government of Egypt by the military. The protestors submitted an eight-point memorandum to the Egyptian ambassador in India asking him to annul the dismissal order of the legitimate president of the country, ensure freedom to the media and fix limitation of the military. Those who took part in the protest include the members of the Students Islamic Organisation of India, students from Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Jawahar Lal Nehru University and the cadre of Welfare Party of India.