CAIRO
Four Egyptian universities were rocked on Wednesday by student rallies staged to protest a raft of death sentences handed down earlier this week against 528 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
Pro-democracy students demonstrated at Cairo University against the death sentences and called for an end of the "military coup" that unseated Morsi last summer.
Students rallied in Cairo's Nahda Square, the scene of a major pro-Morsi sit-in that was violently dispersed last August, amid calls for justice for the victims.
Hundreds of pro-Morsi demonstrators were killed during last summer's forcible dispersal of two protest camps in Cairo's Nahda and Rabaa al-Adawiya squares.
Students also demonstrated at Cairo's Al-Azhar University to protest Monday's death sentences and the ongoing detention of fellow protesters arrested during earlier rallies.
Security forces used teargas to disperse a number of female Al-Azhar students who attempted to march to Rabaa al-Adawiya Square.
Female pro-democracy students staged a "silent" rally at Tanta University in the Nile Delta province of Gharbiya, meanwhile, to demand the release of detained classmates.
Similar rallies were also seen at Zagaziq University in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya.
By Islam Mosaad
englishnews@aa.com.tr
