Merkel réclame la libération de Morsi de l'Égypte

BERLIN, Berlin, 14 July 2013 (AFP)

Sunday German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the release of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who was arrested July 3 after being deposed by the army.

She said that she agreed with his Minister for Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle "that Mr. Morsi should be released" and called for "a (political) open process involving all groups of the Egyptian people", speaking on public television ARD.

'Everything must be done to find a common path' in Egypt, she said.

First freely elected president of the Egypt was overthrown by a military coup on 3 July after millions have invaded the streets, asking him to resign.

Since then, movement of the Muslim Brotherhood Morsi led to protests against eviction, urging a "revolt" after he accused troops and police "massacre" of his supporters during the dawn prayers Monday, where 51 people were killed.

Westerwelle had Friday urged the release of Morsi and demanded that a "neutral institution" immediately have access to him. The United States has also called for the release of Morsi and sentenced again a wave of arbitrary arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Maroc manifestants demande libération des prisonniers politiques

RABAT, June 5, 2013 (AFP)

Some 200 members of the movement of 20 February reformers of the Morocco gathered outside the Ministry of justice in Rabat Wednesday to demand the release of political prisoners, an AFP journalist
reported. The demonstrators were joined by hundreds of unemployed graduates, who are organizing almost daily demonstrations in the capital.

"Releasing February 20 activists", and "peaceful demonstrations are a right," were among the slogans they chanted.

"The 20 February movement is calm, he has never called for violence."We will continue to protest until our comrades are freed, one of the demonstrators told AFP.

In recent months, only a group of 18 Moroccan NGO has called for the release of all political prisoners, among these about 60 militants with the youth movement of 20 February which was born the Arab spring protests that erupted throughout the region at the beginning of 2011.

Charges on which political prisoners were imprisoned include taking part in unauthorized demonstrations, violence against the security forces and drug trafficking.

Several of them have been on hunger strike to protest against their detention, the Moroccan Association of human rights, said last month.

Limited political reforms in 2011 and the elections that took place this year has helped defuse the mass demonstrations of street as the main towns of the swept Morocco, but discontent in the Kingdom remains in the high unemployment rate, as well as widespread poverty and corruption.