Kenyataan Media Pertubuhan Wanita Malaysia mengutuk keganasan di Mesir

Kami amat terkejut dengan keganasan yang terus meningkat terhadap penunjuk perasaan prodemokrasi dan kem proMorsi, yang mengandungi orang awam dari pelbagai latar belakang, termasuk ahli-ahli Parti Keadilan dan Kebebasan (Freedom Justice Party (FJP)) dan Ikhwan Muslimin. Rakyat Mesir ini sedang menjalankan hak-hak mereka untuk membantah terhadap kudeta dan penyingkiran secara paksa seorang Presiden yang dilantik secara demokratik.

Adalah menjadi suatu keaiban bagi sebuah negara apabila tenteranya menghalakan senjatanya ke arah rakyat mereka sendiri termasuk wanita dan kanak-kanak, walhal sepatutnya tenteralah yang mempertahankan rakyatnya. Pihak prodemokrasi telah mengisytiharkan bahawa mereka akan mengadakan demonstrasi aman. Sehingga kini, tiga wanita telah meninggal dunia dan seorang kanak-kanak telah ditusuk perutnya dengan bayonet oleh seorang pegawai tentera. Jumlahnya, lebih daripada 100 kematian dan 700 kecederaan telah dilaporkan.

Kami, kumpulan dan pertubuhan wanita yang bertandatangan di bawah, menggesa

1. Ahli-ahli Parlimen Malaysia, Kerajaan Persekutuan Malaysia dan Kerajaan Negeri-negeri Malaysia untuk menyatakan bantahan yang jelas dan tegas kepada Kedutaan Mesir tentang peristiwa yang ganas dan mengerikan ini, dan bahawa pembunuhan kejam ini dihentikan serta merta, dan kedaulatan undang-undang dikembalikan;

2. Amerika Syarikat dan Kesatuan Eropah supaya mengiktiraf bahawa satu kudeta telah berlaku di Mesir, yang dibuktikan dengan peristiwa-peristiwa sejak 3 Julai;

3. Majlis Keselamatan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu untuk mengadakan satu persidangan khas untuk mengutuk penggunaan peluru hidup oleh tentera serta keganasan yang melampau terhadap rakyat Mesir yang memprotes untuk demokrasi dikembalikan dan dimartabatkan semula Presiden yang dilantik secara sah yang telah menang dalam pilihan raya yang adil seperti yang disahkan oleh pemantau antarabangsa.

Disahkan oleh:

1. Wanita Pertubuhan IKRAM Malaysia
2. Association of Women’s Initiative for Research, Developemnt and Advancement (WIRDA)
3. Interactive Muslimah Association (IMAN)
4. Muslimah Interest Zone and Networking (MIZAN)
5. Pertubuhan MAWADAH
6. Haluanita

(ENGLISH VERSION)

MEDIA STATEMENT WOMEN ORGANISATIONS OF MALAYSIA

THE CONDEMNATION OF THE MILITARY COUP D’ETAT AND THE VIOLENCE AGAINST PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS IN EGYPT

28 July 2013 / 19 Ramadan 1434

We, the women organisations of Malaysia, offer our utmost condolences to the families of women, children and men slain during the present pro-democracy demonstrations against the military Coup d’état in Egypt.

We are horrified by the escalating violence meted out against the protesters of pro-democracy and pro-Morsi camps, consisting of civilians from all walks of life, including members of the Freedom and Justice Party and the Muslim Brotherhood. These Egyptian citizens were exercising their rights to protest against the Coup and forced removal of a democratically elected President.

It is the shame of a nation when its military turn their weapons against their own citizens, including women and children, instead of protecting the latter. The pro-democracy camp has declared that they would conduct peaceful demonstrations. But it is the military who continue to commit the acts of fatal aggression and violence. To date, three women have died and one child was bayoneted in his stomach by an army officer. In total, more than 100 deaths and 700 injured have been reported.

We, the undersigned Women’s Groups and Organisations, strongly urge

1. members of the Malaysian Parliament, the Federal Government of Malaysia and State Governments of Malaysia to declare a clear and strong protest to the Egyptian Embassy on this gruesome turn of events, and that the massacre should stop immediately and the rule of law must be returned;
2. the United States and the European Union, to recognize that a Coup d’état has taken place in Egypt, proven by subsequent events since 3^rd July;
3. the Security Council of the United Nations to convene a special sitting to denounce the military use of live bullets and excessive violence towards Egyptian citizens protesting for the return of democracy and the reinstatement of a legally elected President who won in fair elections confirmed by international monitors.

Endorsed by:

1. Wanita Pertubuhan IKRAM Malaysia
2. Association of Women’s Initiative for Research, Developemnt and Advancement (WIRDA)
3. Interactive Muslimah Association (IMAN)
4. Muslimah Interest Zone and Networking (MIZAN)
5. Pertubuhan MAWADAH
6. Haluanita