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Egyptian women protest armyâ€™s violence

21 December 2011 01:21 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Thousands of Egyptian women have poured on to the streets in the capital city of Cairo to protest the security forcesâ€™ brutal crackdown on female demonstrators, APA reports quoting Press TV.

The protest took place in the landmark Liberation (Tahrir) Square on Tuesday, days after army soldiers harshly beat a woman and ripped off her clothing while dragging her along the ground during a demonstration in the square.

Released footage and images of the half-naked female protester has sparked outrage among Egyptians.

"Our honor is a red line,â€ the women demonstrators shouted while gathering in the square, which has been the site of deadly clashes between Egyptian military forces and protesters since Friday.

"They know that people who donâ€™t care about their own lives they care about their mother, wife and sister. So they wanted to humiliate the whole Egyptian people by humiliating women because they know itâ€™s very sensitive," said a demonstrator, referring to the humiliating conduct of security forces toward female protesters.

They also chanted slogans against the Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, calling him a traitor.

"[The ruling generals] have to go, they are traitors,â€ the protesters said.

The Egyptian militaryâ€™s violence against protesters in the past five days has left at least 14 people dead and hundreds more injured, according to the countryâ€™s health ministry.

The demonstrators call on the junta to immediately transfer power to a civilian government nearly one year after the countryâ€™s revolution toppled former dictator Hosni Mubarak.