Final statement of the conference organized by ECCD - Calgary Chapter, calling for the boycott of the referendum to be held in Egypt on January 14th and 15th 2014. Name of Conference: "The Egyptian Revolution Will Defeat the Military Dictatorship" Place of Conference: Calgary, AB, Canada Date of Conference: Saturday, January 4th 2014 Organized by: ECCD Calgary Chapter Text of Statement: ============== Final Statement of "The Egyptian Revolution Will Defeat the Military Dictatorship" Conference In honour of the thousands of martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the January 25th Revolution and in the name of the martyrs of the massacres of Rabaa and Nahda squares, and many others who are dying every day in this glorious revolution, We declare the following. As members of the Egyptian community in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, we have decided to join millions of Egyptians abroad to boycott the coup's constitutional referendum. . This document was drafted by an illegitimate government that was installed by the July 3rd military coup, to replace the democratically elected government. This so-called constitution was written by a committee appointed by military generals to replace a constitution written by an elected assembly and passed by 64% of the voters. Furthermore, the military-coup disregarded the results of five free and transparent elections in which the Egyptian people chose the two chambers of the parliament, a constitution and a civilian president for the first time in Egypt's history. We know that the creators of the coup DO NOT want democracy but are rather desperate for any form of legitimacy, false or true, to cover their crimes. In the last 6 months that followed the July 3rd military coup, human rights violations have reached unprecedented records. Thousands of peaceful protestors were killed and more than 15,000 political opponents were detained; victims included great numbers of women, students (both males & females), children, elders, university professors, physicians, journalists, and many other sectors of Egyptian society. For all of these reasons: we call on the United Nations, international human rights organization, NGOs, and governments worldwide to not support this illegitimate referendum, which in reality, is a cosmetic operation for the hideous face of a military dictatorship. We make it clear that the July 3rd military coup and all of its consequences are illegitimate, and it shall not pass unchallenged. Egyptian in and out of Egypt will keep their peaceful struggle to bring down the military coup, and to bring to trial all those who instigated, planned, and executed massacres against the unarmed peaceful protestors all over Egypt. May glory be to the Martyrs! May our Revolution continue in its peaceful way! Down to the military coup! Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy (ECCD) -- Calgary Chapter Calgary, AB, Canada 04/01/2014

• published: 08 Jan 2014
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