Egypt: The first anniversary of 'Egypt's Black Referendum Day'

To mark this day, the Egyptian people wore red and black clothing. Red symbolized the revolution and continuing the Egyptian people's struggle to preserve their freedoms of opinion, expression and peaceful assembly guaranteed in our constitution. Black represented the abuses, beatings and arrests - that occurred and still occur - of activists demanding true democracy, reform and an independent judiciary, rather than empty symbols.

ECWR remembers this day and we demand reopening the investigation into the abuses, as well as releasing the male and female activists who are bring detained for their solidarity with the judges.