(10 Jul 2013) SHOTLIST
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1. Wide of thousands of supporters of overthrown Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi gathered in Rabaah al-Adawiya Square
2. Women chanting and clapping
3. Supporters chanting (in Arabic): "Freedom"
4. Men holding banner reading (in Arabic): "Down with El-Sissi ruling"
5. Wide of supporters in square
6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohammad al-Beltagy, a Muslim Brotherhood leader:
"This military regime started from the first moment to reveal its ugly face by the unfair arrest of hundreds of people, by fabricating cases, closing down television channels which oppose the military coup... This is an example of police rule that we are fighting to stop in order to return to democracy and freedom again."
7. Supporters chanting
8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Saad al-Hussieni, High-ranking official of the Muslim Brotherhood:
"We had a bloody military coup in favour of Israel and America and in favour of the remnants (of Mubarak's regime), and in favour of a Christian extremist organisation, which brings Egypt backward and steals the achievements of the revolution."
9. Wide of supporters in square
STORYLINE:
A leading Muslim Brotherhood leader on Wednesday spoke out against the Egyptian authorities after arrest warrants were issued for him and other leading officials.
The authorities have escalated their crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, ordering the arrest of its top leader for inciting violence, after a week in which more than 50 people were killed in clashes with security forces.
One week after the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi and began moving against his Muslim Brotherhood movement, prosecutors issued a warrant for the arrest of the group's supreme leader, Mohammed Badie, as well as nine other leading members.
Mohammad al-Beltagy, one of the wanted leaders, said of the warrants: "This military regime started from the first moment to reveal its ugly face by the unfair arrest of hundreds of people, by fabricating cases, closing down television channels which oppose the military coup."
"This is an example of police rule that we are fighting to stop in order to return to democracy and freedom again," al-Beltagy added.
According to a statement from the prosecutor general's office, they are suspected of instigating Monday's violence outside a Republican Guard building that grew into the worst bloodshed since Morsi was toppled.
Members of the Brotherhood and other officials have denounced Morsi's ouster and have refused offers by the military-backed interim leadership to join any transition plan for a new government.
They demand nothing less than Morsi's release from detention and his reinstatement as president.
The warrants highlight the armed forces' zero-tolerance policy toward the Brotherhood, which was banned under authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak.
The military already has jailed five Brotherhood leaders, including Badie's powerful deputy, Khairat el-Shaiter, and shut down its media outlets.
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