In all conflict zones, women are vulnerable to sexual assault. Another sick facts of life! #Tahrir #Egypt
— Ahmed Awadalla (@3awadalla) November 23, 2012
Thousands of Egyptians are protesting President Mohamed Morsi’s dictatorial power grab today in Tahrir Square. They are up against a crackdown by police as well as the Muslim Brotherhood. Female protesters, however, face an additional threat: sexual assault. Since CBS correspondent Lara Logan was brutally raped while covering the Arab Spring in early 2011, Egypt has seen an uptick in sexual assaults on women during mass demonstrations in Tahrir Square, and it appears that women participating in today’s protest are at risk:
As long as there is sexual harrassment in #Tahrir and stories of rape – this will never be a completed revolution. Come on people. #Egypt
— Sima Diab (@SimaDiab) November 23, 2012
https://twitter.com/Sarahngb/status/272080848545796096
https://twitter.com/Sarahngb/status/272081731023151104
#women in #Tahrir please b careful sexual harassment getting violent.. @TahrirSupplies @TahrirNeeds @Sandmonkey @Monasosh warn people please
— Amina Ashraf (@Amina_Ashraf) November 23, 2012
Dear women in #Tahrir as night falls sexual assaults increase. Stay in groups and stay safe & dont let them scare you from protesting #EndSH
— Rosa M. Navarro (@nopal_azul) November 23, 2012
#SexualHarassment and #rape in #Tahrir AGAIN?!? #Egypt
— Holly Dagres (@hdagres) November 23, 2012
https://twitter.com/BintBattuta87/status/272077911018860544
RT “@Beltrew: Keep being warned of sexual harrassment, girls being directed to Omar Makrum side of #tahrir -mob attacks occuring again
— betsy hiel (@betsy_hiel) November 23, 2012
https://twitter.com/Nadawassef/status/272073198865113088
https://twitter.com/GalalAmrG/status/272078457104629761
Reports of women being sexually assaulted in/around #Tahrir is beyond enraging. We will not be silent!!!
— janan (@venacava_) November 23, 2012
Women should be free to assemble and speak freely without fear of bodily harm. We pray for their safety.
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