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    Egypt pull out of world champs in Qatar protest

    rokurBy rokurNovember 12, 2014No Comments1 Min Read
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    Egypt on Tuesday announced it was boycotting December’s world short-course swimming championships in protest against hosts Qatar, the Egyptian swimming federation president told AFP.

    “The decision was taken due to the political position of Qatar vis-s-vis Egypt since the revolution of June 30, 2013,” federation head Yasser Idriss explained.

    Mass demonstrations led to the ousting of Egypt’s Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July last year.

    Relations between Egypt and Qatar soured after Morsi’s ouster, as Cairo criticised Doha’s backing for the former head of the state’s Muslim Brotherhood.

    Over 1,400 pro-Morsi supporters have been killed and 15,000 detained since he was deposed.

    Idriss said that the Egyptian swimming federation was prepared to accept any punishment for its decision not to compete in the championships scheduled from December 3 to 7.

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