Ban Ki-moon warned the Egyptian government that freedom of expression must be fully respected
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday (01/28/2011), reminds the Government of Egypt that freedom of expression should be fully respected when the country is facing a wave of protests.
"Freedom of expression and related matters should be fully respected," said Ban Ki-moon on the sidelines of meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. It is responding to the Egyptian Government's decision to block Internet network in the face of a series of protests.
Ban also called for more open to a number of governments in the region are facing a wave of protest, such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, for its citizens and refuse to listen to voice their concerns.
"I have been watching closely the situation in the region, ranging from Tunisia, and Egypt, Yemen and other now," he told reporters on the sidelines of the summit was trade. "What I have said many times is that all those who care or leaders must ensure that the situation in the region, particularly in Egypt, not now and will not become increasingly chaotic," he said.
Egypt cut off mobile phone networks and internet service on Friday. Several riot police trucks were also sent to Cairo to absorb thousands of activists united in protest after Friday prayers antirezim ruling.
Learning from the experience of a rally on Thursday (01/27/2011), Egyptian security forces increase the supply of power to deal with larger numbers of protesters on Friday (1/28/2011), demonstrations reportedly widespread because invitation to take to the streets that had spread through the internet.
Earlier, the Egyptian government tried to block social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, which is used to spread invitation demonstrating. Not only block the internet, 3G services and short message on a cell phone was compromised.
In addition to blocking of communications of protesters, reported a number of arrests have occurred. Not only that, anti-terrorism special forces are also deployed in several locations in Cairo straregis, including at Tahrir Square where previous rallies were held.
Egyptian Interior Minister even threatened the government would take stern action against the protesters. The Egyptian government considers rallied violate applicable law. If clashes occur, many people hoped that the incident did not become "Bloody Friday" aka the increasing number of casualties during the incident.
Meanwhile, the National Democratic Party (NDP) in power expressed readiness to dialogue with the protesters. "NDP is ready to dialogue with protesters and a legal political party. However, democracy has a system that must be adhered to. Minorities can not impose the will of the majority," said NDP Secretary General Safwat el-Sharif.
On the other hand, some sources said the government's chief security staff to President Hosni Mubarak promised to remedy the situation. Since the protests erupted on Tuesday (26/01/2011), President Hosni Mubarak (82) has not been seen in public.
Protest was aimed against Hosni Mubarak who has ruled for 30 years. Egyptian opposition groups think the government is not doing enough to face a food crisis, skyrocketing unemployment, and corruption.
Opposition figures who also Nobel laureate Mohamed el-Baradei said to have arrived in Cairo to join the protesters against the government. Rally inspired by a similar movement in Tunisia is already leaving seven people dead.
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