April 6 Youth Movement Democratic Front in Alexandria
The April 6 Youth Movement Democratic Front (Arabic: حركة شباب 6 أبريل الجبهة الديمقراطية) is an Egyptian activist group established in spring 2011 after the differences in the April 6 Youth Movement, led by Ahmed Maher. Differences in the Movement started to appear in April when leaders of the movement announced they would transform it into a NGO or foundation on its anniversary. TV host and founder, Abd Alrahman Ezz, of 6 April ”Democratic Front”, told Ahram Online that the decision was taken without consultation. “It was taken with no respect for democracy, for the majority,” Ezz says. The lack of internal democracy is the main reason why some left the mainstream movement, led by Ahmed Maher, forming the Democratic Front, Ezz says most of the old members joined the Democratic Front. On August 5th, a group of 6 April Youth Movement members in Alexandria announced that they had joined the Democratic Front, leaving the Ahmed Maher front due to what they considered discrimination in decision making processes.
The split[edit]
The split is not limited to Cairo and Alexandria but also seems to have been reproduced itself across the country. On August 6th, a group of April 6 Movement members in Kafr El-Sheikh governor announced that they joined the Democratic Front, leaving the Ahmed Maher Front. The same happened in Behaira and Port Said.
Founders[edit]
- Mohamed Tarek is founding member currently jailed for his witness of the massacre of the Rabeaa al Adawiya. He is the main witness for the organization Human Rights Watch and one of the founders of the April 6 Movement Democratic Front in Alexandria.[1]
- Yasser Shams Aldden Yasser Shamsaldin Mohamad is the founder of The April 6 Movement Democratic Front in Alexandria as well as a blogger and journalist who escaped abroad after the Military coup.[2]
- Basma FawziBasma Fawzy is one of the founders of the April 6 movement Democratic Front in alexandria.
Military coup[edit]
In July 2013, following the military coup against President Morsi, members of 6 April participated in The Third Square, a movement created by liberal, leftist and moderate Islamist activists who reject both Muslim Brotherhood and military rule.[3] Many April 6 members also played founding roles in the Road of the Revolution Front, an organization dedicated to achieving the revolutionary goals of bread, freedom, and social justice.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Arbitrarily Arrested HRW Witness Dr Mohamed Tarek At Risk of Torture". humanrights-monitor.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "استقالة مؤسس 6 أبريل (الجبهة الديمقراطية) من المصريين الأحرار بالإسكندرية |اليوم السابع | founder of the April 6 Movement Democratic Front in Alexandria". youm7.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ↑ "Between Tahrir and Rabaa: The Third Square". Al Jazeera English. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ↑ "New anti-military, anti-Brotherhood front to be launched Tuesday". ahram online. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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