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Please sign our urgent appeal to end the brutal suppression of pro-democracy protesters by the military junta in Egypt!

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We write to express our outrage both at the brutal suppression of pro-democracy protesters by the military junta in Egypt and at the lack of meaningful condemnation by your Administration of the attempt to crush a revolution that has so inspired millions of Americans.

During the fateful 18 days in January and February when Egyptians took to the streets by the millions to topple Hosni Mubarak, you remained largely silent, refusing to call directly for democracy until it was clear that young Egyptians were about to topple his three-decade-long rule.

In the months since then, as thousands of Egyptians have been attacked, imprisoned, sexually assaulted and murdered by their government, the United States has not merely remained silent, but has continued to provide crucial diplomatic, economic and military aid to the regime responsible for these crimes.

Now that the façade of a democratic transition has been ripped away and Egyptians are once again battling the military government in Tahrir Square for the future of the country, your administration remains as quiet as it was in the early days of the revolution. Such silence is both morally indefensible and politically and strategically disastrous for the United States. The march for freedom in Egypt cannot be stopped and when Egyptians finally rid themselves of the military government and establish a democratic system, the United States will have few friends in Egypt, or the Arab world more broadly, if it is seen as having supported the military rather than the people at this pivotal moment.

We therefore call upon you to immediately issue a strong condemnation of the violence unleashed by the Egyptian military on its people, to suspend all military aid to the Egyptian government until it stops attacking peaceful protesters, releases the 12,000-plus citizens jailed since Mubarak’s ouster, and commits to handing over power to a transitional civilian government as soon as parliamentary elections are completed. We further call upon you to coordinate with other Western allies and supporters of the Egyptian government to develop a clear and strong policy in support of a rapid transition to democracy and to apply the full weight of international diplomatic, economic and legal pressure on the military junta towards that end.

Anything less will be a stain on the United States that will haunt your administration, and our country more broadly, for years to come.

President Barack Obama

Phone:(202) 456-1111

Fax:(202) 456-2461

President Barack Obama

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