Morsi Appoints Committee to Investigate Protesters’ Deaths
Egypt’s new president appointed a fact-finding committee to investigate the killing of protesters since the outbreak of last year’s popular uprising that toppled his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak.
According to The Associated Press, the decree issued late Thursday by Mohammed Morsi orders a review of the investigations and trials related to the killing of nearly 1,000 protesters from January 25, 2011, until June 30, 2012, when Morsi was sworn-in as president.
The new 16-member committee is tasked with reopening files from the 18-day uprising that toppled Mubarak and those who died in clashes with police and soldiers in protests after February 11, 2011,
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