CAIRO: Hundreds of students at Egypt's German University in Cairo (GUC) are protesting outside the administration building inside the campus, demanding the return of expelled students to the university. The university expelled two students this week indefinitely and three others for two weeks, for attempting to screen footage from the “military liars” campaign, or Kazeboon, that aims to expose the military council's violations against protesters. Students said on social networking sites that a group of them is now “surrounding the administration building and Ibrahim al-Demery's office, the Dean of GUC.” Demery was quoted as saying that the students have “an agenda” for protesting, a statement that was met with sarcasm. A number of students reported that the protesting students broke the gates of the university, but Bikyamasr.com could not confirm that at press time. Amr Abdel Wahab and Hassan Zeko were expelled from the university and Ahmed Bostan, Mostafa Essia, Abdel Hamid Abou Zeid Mekawy were suspended for two weeks, according to students at GUC. The GUC administration warned families of students that if the students would not stop marching and protesting on campus chanting against the military council, they would be expelled. However, the threats from the university have only fired up the students against what they have dubbed censorship of freedom of expression and oppression by the university. Abou Zeid, one of the suspended students, published the suspension letter online through his Twitter account, which reads: “Due to your disrespectful behavior and your violation of courtesy and good manners, we hereby acknowledge that you are suspended for two weeks.” Five other students at GUC were turned over to an investigation committee at the university for organizing an anti-military junta protest inside the campus and were accused of a long list of violations. Inciting students to break into the administration building, negatively influencing the educational process, endangering the lives of students due to over crowding and pushing, yelling loudly inside the campus and leading the “troublemakers student body,” were the accusations, according to a report by the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/BBaHp Tags: Activism, featured, GUC, Protest, Students Section: Egypt, Latest News
