page_title: Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014)
section_title: 8 July
hierarchical_section_title: Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014) / Chronology / July 2013 / 8 July
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ausgewählte Orte im Zusammenhang mit pro-Mursi-Protesten in Kairo im Juli und August 2013; für eine deutsche Version dieser Karte, siehe: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kairo_Pro-Mursi-Proteste_Juli-August_2013.jpgEnglish: Selected places in Cairo, related to Pro-Morsi protests in July and August, 2013.العربية: مواقع مظاهرات المؤيدين لعودة محمد مرسي بالعاصمة المصرية في يوليو وأغسطس 2013.
context_page_description: Protests against the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état erupted in July 2013. Immediately following the removal of President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian Armed Forces on 3 July 2013 amid demonstrations against Morsi's rule, many protesters amassed near the Rabia Al-Adawiya Mosque to call for Morsi's return to power and condemn the military, while others demonstrated in support of the military and interim government. Deadly clashes such as Rabaa massacre continued for several days, with three particularly bloody incidents being described by Muslim Brotherhood officials as "massacres" perpetrated by security forces. During the month of Ramadan, prime minister Hazem al-Beblawy threatened to disperse the ongoing Pro-Morsi sit-ins in Rabaa al-Adaweya square and al-Nahda square. The government crackdown of these protests occurred in a violent dispersal on 14 August 2013. In mid-August, the violence directed by the army towards the protesters escalated, with hundreds killed, and the government declaring a month-long nighttime curfew.
context_section_description: Muslim Brotherhood sources alleged 54 pro-Morsi demonstrators were killed when police fired on their sit-in during dawn prayers. According to the army, "terrorists" tried to storm the compound, leading to the death of an officer. MP Mohamed Beltagy described the incident as a "massacre" during dawn prayers. After the incident, the Freedom and Justice Party, called for "the international community and international groups and all the free people of the world [to] intervene to stop further massacres [...] and prevent a new Syria in the Arab world." At the same time, Morsi supporters were said by the military of having forced two soldiers, Samir Abdallah Ali and Azzam Hazem Ali, to make pro-Morsi statements on a loudspeaker and that one of them was "severely beaten up" and filmed while making the statements. However, an army official later said that they had "managed to escape their captors."
  The Nour Party announced it would not participate in the political transition due to the "massacre", and former Muslim Brotherhood member, moderate Islamist, and 2012 presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh called for Mansour to resign. Meanwhile, Mansour issued a proposed timetable for elections to occur within six months.
  Following reports that many fighters in Syria were returning in support of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt placed restrictions on Syrians entering the country and required them to obtain visas before entering the country.
caption: Major mass protester killings in Cairo during pro-Morsi-protests, raided or dispersed by security forces after the military coup of July 2013:[73][74]
  8 July: outside the Republican Guard Club headquarters
  27 July: Nasr Street and sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque
  14 August: sit-ins at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque and Nahda Square
  16 August: Ramsis Square and marches en route (including 15 May Bridge)
  6 October: marches headed from Dokki and Ramsis towards Tahrir Square
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