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PHOTO: Churches are Crying in Egypt

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Egypt, Human Rights, War & Conflict, Youth

Egyptian women rights advocate Dalia Aziada [3] posted this tweet after several Coptic churches were burnt across Egypt [4] following a brutal military operation on August 14 2013, to clear Muslim Brotherhood supporters from sit-in camps in the capital Cairo [5], where they have been demanding ousted president Morsi's reinstatement for weeks.

The clearing operation resulted in at least 638 deaths according to the Egyptian government [6]. A Muslim Brotherhood spokesman has said 2,000 people were killed in the “massacre [7].”

Dozens more were killed on August 16 [8], as Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with security forces in the “Day of Anger.”

Read more in our Special Coverage Bloodbath in Egypt [9].