UJN Member Denounces Killings By Egyptian Military

Jakarta July 10 (Antara) - A member of the Universal Justice Network (UJN), Heru Susetyo of Indonesia has denounced the killings of supporters of the deposed president Muhammad Mursi by Egyptian military officers. Heru Susetryo, one of the UNJ founders, here on Wednesday said he regretted that the Egyptian security forces responded the peaceful demonstration by using guns, The Egyptian military has manipulated dissatisfaction of some of the Egyptian people against Mursi to grab the power in their own hand, he said. "It has been proven that the military is not taking a neutral position and committed a massacre which has violated the international human rights declaration and the international covenant on civil freedom and anti-violence," he said. The Universal Justice Network (UJN) is a coalition of over 70 civil society organizations from 14 countries in South East Asia, South Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. The NGO is aimed at promoting the human rights protection and the freedom of the civil society. Meanwhile, Executive Director of the Center for Indonesian Reform (CIR) Sapto Waluyo also expressed a similar condemnation against the Egyptian military for the violence. Because the Egyptian military has violated the civil freedom, the United Nations could suspend the membership of Egypt under the temporary administration, he said. The military should stop the violence and free Mursi as well as other political prisoners because the military emergency period has ended, he stated. He regretted the fact that the liberals supported the military coup that toppled president Mursi. "It is against the principles of liberal democracy," he said. Egyptians are braced for new violence after at least 51 supporters of the deposed president Mursi were killed by security forces in what the Muslim Brotherhood condemned as a massacre, but the military insisted was the result of an armed attack on a Cairo barracks.