Tunisian activists yesterday organised a protest in front of the Egyptian embassy in Tunis to condemn the killing of Egyptian activist Shaima Sabbagh, the Anadolu Agency reported.
The protestors condemned the current regime in Egypt and carried pictures of Sabbagh as well as banners denouncing her death that read “We are all Shaima Sabbagh”.
Wesam Al-Saghir, a protest organiser, told the Anadolu Agency that she “came to protest against Sabbagh’s killing” adding that “the protest aims to denounce the killing of many victims who fell on the revolution anniversary”.
“The Arab nations’ struggles are similar to each other,” she said.
Another protester, Fatima Jigham said: “What happened to Shaima gave a new start to the popular movement, and opened the way for a new revolution. Sabbagh’s assassination confirms that women are also paying the price of freedom.”
Egyptian activist Shaima Sabbagh, 32, died on Saturday while she participated in a peaceful demonstration in Tahrir Square, downtown Cairo, on the eve of the anniversary of the January revolution.
According to Shaima’s forensic report: “The young activist was shot with cartouche bullets fired from a distance ranging from three to eight metres, and a maximum of ten metres.”
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior said it only used tear gas canisters to disperse protestors and did not use cartouche on Saturday, adding that it will make every effort to identify those responsible for the Shaima’s killing.