Soul Revolution

onthebanksoftheredcedar:

This is a video that me and some friends made to show our support for the protesters in Egypt. Let the Egyptian people know that they’re not alone and we stand with them and support them in their struggle, spread this video. 

fyeahalex:

(by Islam Kotb)

So disgusting. 

Because Egypt continues to be full of them. The magnitude of human rights violations that continue to persist in Egypt post-Mubarak are alarming to say the least. Yes, it is obvious that the revolution is far from over, and a sizable portion of the population recognize that fully and are acting on it on a daily basis; this isn’t for them, this is for those who sit in the security of their own homes, and consistently blame those who are continuously demanding their rights and the rights of their fellow Egyptians. The primary charge against these youth is ‘holding up the return to normal life’. This is for those who refuse to accept the realities of the situation; who refuse to accept that everything is not okay, and not because of the ‘instability’ but because of the ongoing violations of an Egyptian’s right to dignity and basic necessities. 

When an officer continues to have the right to humiliate citizens and lower ranking officers, I’d say that means we have a lot of work to do. When over 10,000 Egyptian civilians have been put on military trial since the revolution, I’d say that is an unacceptable human rights violation. When there continues to be 12 million Egyptians living in slums and being denied access to basic necessities. Yup, you guessed it.

The list goes on and on, it almost seems endless. But that’s just it, the endless amounts of unsatisfying living conditions leave people confused about which rights to demand and who to demand it from. Should people protest about the rising price of living? Or is it imperative to make sure we put an end to military trials first? Or should we direct our attention to the unnerving and humiliating treatment of the Egyptian public by Israel? All legitimate concerns that in large part the SCAF is failing to address without the people consistently demanding that they act. The “joint investigation” on the attacks in the Sinai wouldn’t have happened had the Egyptian people not stood up for themselves, and even that isn’t a sufficient response to Israel’s breach of the Camp David Treaty. 

Under the Mubarak regime, Egypt has been notorious for its human rights violations; tortures, unwarranted jailing, no freedom of expression. All crimes committed against civilians by government thugs. I definitely think the JAN25 revolution has changed a lot of the unbearable conditions of the past, but its obvious that the average Egyptian is still stripped of his basic human rights, and that the Egyptian people must continue to demand them. 

The Egyptian authorities and political parties must put the rights of the country’s 12 million slum-dwellers at the top of their agenda if they are to meet the demands for social justice and human dignity championed during the “25 January Revolution”, Amnesty International said today (23 August) as it published a new report on Egypt’s vast slums. 

bethefoodoflove:

despiertaa:

sobre todo sin miedo!

“Youth without a future,

Without a home,

Without work,

Without pension,

Without fear.”

(Source: fuckyeahmadrid, via victoryormartyrdom)