Egypt Purges Mubarak-Era Police Officers

[alp227]

Source: The New York Times

CAIRO — Egypt’s transitional military government announced the early retirement of more than 600 senior police officers on Wednesday. It was an effort to mollify thousands of protesters at a six-day-old protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square who have been demanding swifter justice for those complicit in wrongdoing under President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in February.

The Interior Ministry said 18 police generals and 9 other senior officers were forced into early retirement because they were accused of killing protesters during the 18-day uprising. For the same reason, 54 lower-ranking officers were shifted to jobs where they would no longer interact with civilians, officials said.

More than 800 people were killed in three weeks of nonviolent demonstrations this year.

In another concession to the protesters, the military government postponed parliamentary elections, which had been scheduled for September, until October or November, Egyptian news media reported. Many new political parties had sought a delay to prepare to compete against the Muslim Brotherhood and other well-organized Islamist organizations.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/world/middleeast/14egypt.html

[valerief]

1. OMG, I had no idea so many people were killed!!!! nt

[EFerrari]

2. Yes. And even so, the protesters remained non-violent.

The Egyptians have a lot to teach with the disciplined, thoughtful way they have set about their revolution.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, alp.