Published time: September 22, 2013 04:24
Edited time: September 22, 2013 08:28
Edited time: September 22, 2013 08:28
Omar Abul-Magd was arrested late Friday as he rode the donkey through the town in Qena province, MENA news agency reported. The farmer was taken into custody for insulting General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces who led the military-backed ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi in July. Morsi’s overthrow occurred following nationwide mass protests against the leader.
Eight other people were detained elsewhere in Egypt for spraying anti-military graffiti.
The arrests highlight Egypt’s intensified crackdown on critics of the military since Morsi’s ouster.
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Egypt: farmer arrested for parading donkey with army chief's name on
A farmer in southern Egypt has been arrested after putting the military chief's name and an army-style cap on his donkey, and another eight people were detained elsewhere in the country for spraying anti-military graffiti.
General el-Sissi, right Photo: AP
The arrests point to a long-standing taboo in Egypt
against criticizing the country's powerful military, an offence
magnified amid the ongoing crackdown on supporters of the country's
ousted President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood.
The
farmer, Omar Abul-Magd, was arrested late on Friday in Qena province
for allegedly insulting Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi when he rode the
donkey through town, reported the state MENA news agency.
El-Sissi
led the military's popularly-backed ouster of Morsi in July and has
been hailed by millions of Egyptians as an icon. His detractors,
however, have called him a traitor and a murderer for overseeing the
coup and the subsequent attacks on Morsi's mostly Islamist supporters,
including an August raid on two pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo that set off
violence that killed hundreds nationwide.
At
least one of the eight people arrested on Saturday for spraying
graffiti against el-Sissi was detained in Cairo, said security
officials.
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