Adel Emara

Adel Emara is an Egyptian general. He is Deputy Defense Minister of Egypt, and a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) which has ruled Egypt since the resignation of Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.[1]

Adel Emara
AllegianceEgypt
RankGeneral

On 19 December 2011, Emara held a press conference in which he justified army violence against protesters in Egypt.[2] He blamed "evil forces [which] wanted to drag Egypt into a chaos, putting army into confrontation with the people."[3] Responding to a journalist demanding the army apologize to Egyptian women for brutality towards female protesters, he interrupted the conference to read an intelligence brief claiming that "unknown assailants were planning to set the Parliament on fire" that day.[1] Emara, however, claimed that the incident, which he maintained was isolated, was being investigated.[4] In October of the same year, Emara also had to defend the government violent response towards protesters', who were criticizing the failure of the government to defend Copts and their churches.[5] The incident led to the death of at least 26 people.[5]

References
  1. Sherif Tarek, SCAF: Intelligence points to plan to burn Parliament building, Ahram Online, 19 December 2011
  2. Hassan, Abdalla F. (2015). Media, Revolution and Politics in Egypt: The Story of an Uprising. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-78453-217-8.
  3. Egypt clashes move into 4th day, U.S. worried Archived April 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, 19 December 2011
  4. "Egypt: Prosecute Sexual Assaults on Protesters". Human Rights Watch. 2011-12-22. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  5. Bradley, Matt (2011-10-13). "Egyptian Generals Defend Actions". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-04-27.


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