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European Union (EU) was protested in Belgium's capital Brussels for staying nonreactive against the massacres in both Egypt and Syria.
Turks, Egyptians and other citizens of several Arab countries supported the protest, which took place in Schuman square, where the European Commission and European Council's buildings are resided. EU was protested there, where the protestors thanked Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his support to Egypt.
"We came here to support our brothers and sisters in Egypt. We are here to curse this anti-democratic coup. Tyranny will never be beneficial on anywhere in the world. The oppressors will never succeed. Therefore, those who feel the humanity within their hearts should not stay silent in front of this tyranny," a protestor Tekin Deniz said. "We are with the Egyptian people."
Another group who gathered in front of the European parliament's building in Luxembourg square, protested the chemical weapon attacks in Syria, where they called on the EU to act to end the dictatorship of Assad in Syria.
On Wednesday, Syrian National Coalition (SNC) said at least 1,300 people were killed in a chemical attack which it blamed on forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the suburbs of the Ghouta region near Damascus.
Ousted President Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, was overthrown by the army on July 3, 2013 by Egyptian military chief and Defense Minister Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. Since, a lot of anti-coup protests were staged in several cities of the world.
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