Egypt’s Vice President Mohamed Elbaradei resigned in protest over the
attacks on pro Mohamed Morsi supporters in Cairo on 14 August 2013. The
Egyptian police stormed the two sit in protest sites to disperse them
following which 281 people were killed.
United States, European Union and United Nations condemned the
violent dispersal of protesters while the Prime Minister of Egypt Hezam
Beblawi justified the act saying it was necessary since it had become a
threat to national security. Emergency was declared in Egypt for a month
and night curfew was clamped in 14 Governorates.
Mohamed ElBaradei had given political support to the ousting of
Egypt's first freely elected President Mohamed Morsi. However, he
resigned in protest at the use of force instead of a negotiated end to
the stand-off between the government and protesters. It should be noted
that Mohamed ElBaradei is a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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