Over the last week, the whole world watched the persistent fight of the Egyptian people for ”freedom of opinion and expression” and “freedom of peaceful assembly and association,” which are their rights under the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (articles 19 and 20). Further, Egyptians have been denied their right to elect a government that address their aspirations for a better future. We are urging the U.S. to reconsider the foreign policy and explicitly side with the Egyptian people in their legitimate pursuit of a peaceful transition from Mubarak’s regime to an elected government and president that respects human rights and adopts democratic means to restore order in Egypt for the good of its own people, the surrounding region and the whole world. If you share the same opinion, please join us tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 3 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the Brickyard to protest.

Tarek Hatem

research associate, mechanical and aerospace engineering