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President Morsi was ousted during the illegal military coup led by the then Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and has been imprisoned ever since. President Morsi's death sentence and the impending execution of countless others (students, women, religious scholars, politicians, and academics)involved in working for democracy in Egypt presents a sobering example of the escalating violence and continual human rights abuses perpetrated against the Egyptian people since the Fourth Anniversary of the January 25 Egyptian Revolution earlier this year.

The mass executions is effectively a clear testimony for the death and end of democracy, freedom, respect for human rights, and justice in Egypt. The mass death sentences stand contrary to the principles that the Egyptian Revolution has promoted over the last four years, and it highlight the end in Egypt of the very principles that the international community stands for. We must not stand silently witnessing freedom and democracy being stripped away from the people of Egypt.

Failure to stop this tyranny now will result in further chaos and instability running rampant throughout Egypt and across the Middle East. Those who have seen their hopes and dreams for democracy shattered will now become easy targets for ISIS, al-Qaeda, and other militant groups, who on a daily basis increase their threat around the world by capitalizing on the frustrations of the oppressed.

The mass emigration of refugees that we see now will only increase as peoples seek to flee authoritarian regimes and militancy. It will therefore have a direct and immediate consequence on the international community.

The negative consequences of Morsi and hundreds of anti-coup activists being executed and the effect of an increasingly authoritarian regime cannot be underestimated. This is not a problem that affects an area of the Middle East many thousands of miles away; it is a problem that directly affects each and every nation.

We, as individuals and organizations committed to human rights and democracy, therefore communicate this message to the international community and demand an immediate action.

By its silence, tacit approval of the Egyptian government, or diplomatic recognition and foreign assistance, the international community is in effect facilitating the numerous human rights abuses perpetrated by the regime and lending credibility to a murderous regime.

The peoples of the Middle East following what can possibly be seen as a double standard are as a result now questioning the commitment of the international community to the rule of law and the observance of human rights. Such double standards could enable exploitations of the discontented youth by violent groups such as ISIS and others.

We would urge you to withdraw support for the current brutal regime of el-Sisi. We demand an immediate end to state violence against dissidents and an independent investigation of the flagrant and massive human rights violations, torture, rape and inhumane detention conditions of political prisoners in Egypt.

Respectfully,

Mohamed M. Marzouki, Former President Of Tunisia. President, Arab Council for Defense of RevolutionsDemocracy. Tunis	Annette Groth, German Member of Parliament and Spokeswoman for Human Rights
Professor Noam Chomsky Institute Professor, retired MIT Cambridge, MA, USA	Lord Alderdice Life Peer at the House of Lords, UK Former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly & Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Abourezk Former United States Senator	Mike Gravel Former United States Senator
Baroness Tonge Life Peer at the House of Lords, UK Former Liberal Democrat MP, UK	Paul Flynn, Labour Party politician Member of Parliament since 1987 UK
David Steel, Lord Member of the House of Lords British Liberal Democrat politician Member of Parliament (1965-1997)	Gahame Morris MP British Labour Party Politician, Member of Parliament since 2010
Ramsey Clark, Human Rights lawyer and former U.S. Attorney General	Dr. Norman Finkelstein Teaching in the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Sakarya University in Turkey
Alice Walker,Author, Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist and poet Pulitzer Prize-winning 1983. USA	Danny Glover American actor, film director and Political Activist. USA
Professor John Esposito, Professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. Director of The Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim, Washington DC, USA	Prof. Dr. Yasin AktayDeputy Chairman of Foreign Relations for Justice and development party in Turkey
Margaret Ritchie, Irish politician MP for South Down. Former Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party	David Anderson, Labour Party Politician Member of Parliament since 2005 UK
John Austin, Former Labour MP. UK Past Chairman Council for Arab British Understanding. Past Chairman British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union	Andrew Love, British Labour Co-operative politician Former Member of Parliament for Edmonton UK
Nasser Al Duwaillah, Lawyer. Former MP, Kuwait	Valter Mutt Member of the Swedish Parliament Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Sweden
Hillevi Larsson Member of the Swedish Parliament Sweden	Dominique Peschard, Former President The Ligue des droits et libertés Canada
Toby Cadman Barrister-at-law, Chambers of Anthony Berry QC -Founder of the International Forum for Democracy and Human Rights, U.K.	Medea Benjamin Founder, Code Pink U.S.A.
Michael Ratner, President Emeritus Center for Constitutional Rights,Id New York, USA	Marjorie Cohn, Professor Thomas Jefferson School of Law and Former President of National Lawyers Guild CA, USA
Professor Peter Erlinder(Ill. Bar 3124291)William Mitchell College of Law, MN (ret) Director, International humanitarian law Institute. MN, USA	Dianne Mathiowetz, Co- ordinator, Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition; Producer and Co-host, the Labor Forum, WRFG 89.3FM; Co-ordinator, Atlanta International Action Center. USA
Azadeh Shahshahani, President The National Lawyers Guild Atlanta, USA	Bruce Nestor, Past President National Lawyers Guild Minneapolis, MN, USA
David Gespass Former President, National Lawyers Guild AL, USA	Sara Flounders, Co-Director International Action Center, USA
François Burgat, Political Scientist and Arabist The head of the French Institute of the Near East. When Authoritarianism Fails in the Arab World. European Research Council. France	Alnayl Alfadel Mahmoud President of African students union
Andrew Murray & Chris Nineham Stop the War Coalition	Chris Doyle, Director Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU)
Peter Oborne, British journalist The Associate Editor of the Spectator & Former chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph	Hacene Zitouni Journalist, LondonUK
Marilyn Levin, Coordinators, United National Anti-war Coalition, USA	Joe Lombardo, Coordinators, United National Anti-war Coalition, USA
John Catalinotto, managing editor Workers World newspaper, USA.	Jeff Mackler, National Secretary, Socialist Action/USA
Phil Wilayto, Editor, The Virginia Defender newspaper, USA	Teresa Gutierrez, Coordinator May 1 Workers and Immigrant Rights Coalition, USA
Martine Eloy, Former-coordinator The Ligue des droits et libertés Canada	Beth Lamont, Program Coordinator, Humanist Society, Metro NY, USA
Dr. Anas Altikriti, CEO The Cordoba Foundation, London, UK	Dr. Abdullah FaliqHead of Research The Cordoba Foundation, London, UK
Olivia Zémor President of CAPJPO-Euro Palestine France	Thomas Bachmann Committee Chairman to boycott Israel in Switzerland
Carl Buckley Executive Director International Forum for Democracy and Human Rights, United Kingdom	Colonel Ann wright Former United States Army Colonel and Retired U.S. State Department Official. USA
Shift Wealth: Economic Democracy It's Our Economy. Build power and resistance Popular Resistance	Laifi Kamel, PhD Diplomacy and International Relations professor & Human Rights Activist / Paris
David Swanson,Author and Director of World Beyond War	MRARI Abdelmajid President of AFD International -France

Arun M. Gandhi Gandhi Global Center for Peace	Norman Solomon, Executive Director Institute for Public Accuracy
Shahid Comrade, National Secretary, Pakistan USA FreedomForum, USA	Bassma Kodmani, Professor International Relations at Paris University Former spokesperson of the Syrian National Council Co-founder of the Arab Reform Initiative
Missy Crutchfield, Editor-in-Chief Gandhi BE Magazine, USA	Melissa Turner Journalist, Gandhi BE Magazine, USA
Democratize the Media Clearing the FOG (Forces of Greed) Radio	Dr. Amin Aloosh,Secretary General International Forum for Islamic Parliamentarians. Algeria
Kevin Zeese, co-director, Popular Resistance	Margaret Flowers, co-director, Popular Resistance
Aly R. Abuzaakouk, PhD President the Libyan American Public Affairs Council ,Elected member "Libyan Parliament"	Carl Arrindell Chief Political Correspondent, Islam Channel CEO, Public Interest Relations & Media
Ward Crutchfield Former Senate Majority Leader Tennessee, USA	Judith Berlowitz, PhD Jewish Genealogy, Spanish Translation Bay Area Women in Black. CA, USA
Na'eem Jeenah, Executive Director Afro-Middle East Centre Johannesburg South Africa	Professor Ovide Bastien, Dawson College, Montreal, Canada
John C. Brittain, Attorney Former president, National Lawyers Guild	Dr. Curtis F.J.Doebbler International human rights lawyer
Joy Brown-Moore, Professor Dawson College, Montreal, Canada	Aaron Kiely, Student Broad Left. London, UK
Ann Schroeder George Washington University Graduate Program - Political Psychology USA	Dr.Ayman NourPresident, Ghad El-Thawra V. President, Arab Council for Defense of Revolutions and Democracy
Dr.Mohamed Mahsoob Professor, Sorbonne University Former minister of state for Parliamentary affairs	Ambassador Ibrahim Youssri Attorney at law
Dr. Saif Eldeen Abdel Fatah Professor of Political Science & International Relations. Egypt	Abdelrahman Youssef, Egyptian Poet Political Activist. Egypt

The Egypt parliament	National Alliance to support legitimate
The Egyptian Revolutionary Council	The National Movement to Support the Egyptian Revolution "Ghorba"
The National Lawyers Guild	Code Pink, USA
All 4 Justice	Collectifs des femmes pour les droit de l'homme Organization in France
Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition	Tawasol Organization for Human Rights, Holland
Center for Egyptian American Relations	Egyptians Abroad for Democracy Worldwide
Gandhi Global Center for Peace	Broadcasters Without Borders
The Cordoba Foundation	United National Anti-war Coalition, USA
The International Coordination Committee in Support of Rights and Freedoms	International Forum for Islamic Parliamentarians
International Action Center, USA	Association Justice for Egypt, Geneva
Egyptian Americans for Democracy and Human Right.	International Forum for Democracy and Human Rights
Libyan American Public Affairs Council	Egyptian Association for freedom and justice
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