Egypt Must Ensure Protests Can Take Place, Gibbs Says
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President Barack Obama’s spokesman said the Egyptian government must ensure the rights of its citizens to peacefully protest and again condemned violence that killed at least six demonstrators in Cairo overnight.
“The world is watching the actions that are taking place right now in Egypt,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters traveling with the president to an event in Pennsylvania. The Egyptian government must make good on its promise to hold accountable those responsible for attacks on demonstrators, he said.