Osama Abdel-Khale, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations
Osama Abdel-Khalek took heavy hits at the Africa Roundtable – EGYPT IN CRISIS at Global Information Network yesterday when he said the Egyptian Military Coup wasn’t a coup. He described “it” as a popular uprising.
Many in the audience and everyone on the panel harshly disagreed.
Osama Abdel-Khalek appeared at the Africa Roundtable – EGYPT IN CRISIS – Thursday, Aug. 1 6:30-8:30 p.m. – at Global Information Network.
Sowore Omoyele, moderator, founder/director of Sahara Reporters Media Group, Tseliso Thipanyane, South Africa human rights specialist, Tamara Al-Rifai, North Africa advocacy director for Human Rights Watch, Milton Allimadi, publisher, Black Star News, Danny Schechter, filmmaker, author, journalist, publisher of MediaChannel.org
Audience
Panel Discussion was billed this way: An examination of the current conflict: The African Union was early among all institutions to take action after the ouster of Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi. The 54-member union summarily suspended Egypt, a country whose support of pan-Africanism dates back to the founding of the Organization of African Unity.
Morsi was removed by the military which claimed to be acting on behalf of the largest pro-democracy rally in Cairo to fill historic Tahrir Square.
With elections underway across the African continent, what are the lessons from the Egyptian experience? Will they build democratic institutions or a divided populace? How does the Egyptian electoral experience compare to ones in Zimbabwe, Togo or Ivory Coast that have questionably brought peace and prosperity? And is Egypt even “African”?
Speakers will look at the current conflict, the state of human rights, the treatment of women and possible solutions for the region.
Story in the works and to be published in the WORD.
Tags: African News, Egyptian crisis, human rights, Tahrir Square, The Arab Spring