Baku-APA. British-based supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi will be demonstrating on Sunday to protest what they describe as a 'coup' against the elected president, APA reports quoting Press TV.
Ousted president’s supporters in the UK will deliver a petition asking the British government not to recognise the new Egyptian government, media reports said.
They will hold a protest gathering on Sunday to express their desire to “safeguard the achievements of the Jan 25 revolution in Egypt,” the organisers said in a statement.
“The protest will call upon the British government to acknowledge that what has happened was indeed a coup and to refrain from recognising or supporting the putschist government,” the statement added.
Morsi supporters in the UK accused the Egyptian military of attacking peaceful protesters “which has caused tragic deaths and injuries.”
Some Egyptians in the UK, however, strongly support the new government in Egypt, and have called on the interim government to take all necessary steps to stop what they call “terrorism”.
“We are against terror and support tough action by the interim regime with the help of the Egyptian army and police”, Dr Shenouda Shalaby, an Egyptian activist, told Ahram Online.
The UK Foreign Secretary William Hague on Saturday condemned the “use of force against protesters which has led to the loss of lives” in Egypt.
The British government has expressed concerns about the ongoing transition but has stopped short of labelling Morsi’s ouster by the military on 3 July a “coup d’état.”
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