CAIRO
Backers of ousted president Mohamed Morsi staged morning rallies on Friday as part of fresh week-long protests.
Pro-democracy demonstrators marched in the upscale Mohandiseen district in western Cairo, amid calls for justice for pro-Morsi demonstrators killed by security forces in recent months.
Hundreds of pro-democracy supporters were killed in mid-August when security forces violently dispersed pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo.
Two pro-democracy rallies set out in the coastal city of Alexandria, with protesters calling for the release of female protesters and condemning what they call the "military coup" against democratically elected Morsi.
Similar protests were staged in the Nile Delta provinces of Sharqiya and Kafr al-Sheikh and the central Minya province.
Rallies steer clear of Egypt's main streets
Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi staged fresh Friday rallies in several parts of Egypt, demonstrating on side streets to avoid collision with heavily-deployed security forces, eyewitnesses said.
Friday's demonstrations kicked off a fresh week of protests in support of Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected leader who was ousted by the military last July following mass protests against his presidency.
Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that protesters marched down side streets to avoid clashing with security forces, which have maintained a deadly crackdown on dissent since Morsi's ouster.
Several districts in Cairo and neighboring Giza saw demonstrations Friday afternoon, with security forces using teargas to disperse protesters in the capital's eastern Nasr City district, according to witnesses.
In the coastal city of Alexandria, meanwhile, which also saw protests in several districts, security forces fired teargas at demonstrators in the eastern Al-Seyouf district.
Demonstrations were also reported in the Nile Delta's Sharqiya province, from which Morsi hails, and in the canal provinces of Suez, Ismailia and Port Said.
Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, was removed from power by the military on July 3 following mass protests against his administration.
Since then, supporters of the ousted president have been staging almost daily rallies to demand his reinstatement.
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