Egyptian Parliament Condemns US Treatment of Black Protesters
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – As global outrage against the US mounts due to the killing of two black men by police last week, Egyptian lawmakers have decided to weigh into the issue condemning cops for "crushing peaceful protests".
"I think that all Egyptian MPs and defenders of human rights should move to condemn the repeated brutal use of force against black Americans and expose the bloody face of the United States and its politicized use of the issue of human rights to extort other nations," said MP Margaret Azer, deputy chairman of Egypt parliament's human rights committee.
"The United States, which likes to give lectures on human rights to other nations and issue periodical reports on civil liberties in the world, was caught red handed violating human rights and crushing the peaceful protests of black Americans in the city of Dallas and other US cities."
Independent MP Yosri al-Moghazi blasted America's record on discrimination, police brutality and social inequality.
"Instead of reforming themselves, the Americans opted to put a cover on these ills and extort other nations on the issue of human rights," he said.
Moghazi also called for a review of the recent incidents in America by the Egyptian parliament's human rights committee.
This should be conducted in the same way "committees in the US congress not only issue periodical critical reports of the record of human rights in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries".
The recent protests in the US led by the 'Black Lives Matter' movement were described by MP Abdel Rehim Ali as the possible beginnings of an "American Spring" that could "expose the falseness of the white man's democracy in America".
The independent MP and journalist also took a shot at human rights watchdogs Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch for their "silence" after the incidents of violence against black US citizens by police.
"The fatal shootings of black Americans on American streets have erupted amid silence from radical liberal organizations like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International," said Ali, the New Arab reported.
"We know why they kept silent, because they get money from America."
That is despite the fact that Amnesty International did issue a letter to Baton Rouge police, warning them to act within the confines of international law.
