Violence in Egypt after Morsi assumes sweeping new powers [View all]
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Source: The Telegraph
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An array of liberal and secular groups, including activists at the forefront of the protest movement that forced Hosni Mubarak from power marched on the Square to demonstrate against what they were calling Morsi becoming the "new pharaoh".
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Meanwhile Mr Morsi's backers led by the powerful Muslim Brotherhood gathered outside the presidential palace in north Cairo in a show of support for his decision to temporarily place his decisions above judicial oversight... Mr Morsi in person defended his decision to end judicial independence and make his decrees unchallengeable by law as necessary to "fulfill the revolution".
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The president's declaration was partly justified as a response to demonstrators' calls for new prosecutions of those responsible for shooting protesters last year. Mr Morsi also sacked the prosecutor-general and announced there would be new trials.
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