No one will say how many have died. No one will reveal how many are in prison. There is no agreement even on how many demonstrators turned out Friday for the latest protest against last month’s coup, in an atmosphere fraught with competing figures and misinformation.
A crackdown by Egypt’s new military-backed government has decapitated the Muslim Brotherhood, the powerful Islamist organization that ran this country for just over a year. As the police state is resurrected, authorities are walling off information on the number of deaths and detentions, and seeking to minimize what remains of the group’s support.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypt-protests-dwindle-in-crackdown-government-refuses-to-give-death-toll-arrests/2013/08/30/a9216d52-1189-11e3-a2b3-5e107edf9897_story.html
A crackdown by Egypt’s new military-backed government has decapitated the Muslim Brotherhood, the powerful Islamist organization that ran this country for just over a year. As the police state is resurrected, authorities are walling off information on the number of deaths and detentions, and seeking to minimize what remains of the group’s support.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypt-protests-dwindle-in-crackdown-government-refuses-to-give-death-toll-arrests/2013/08/30/a9216d52-1189-11e3-a2b3-5e107edf9897_story.html