[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17316]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       THE MURDER OF AYMAN LABIB

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, while we have watched courageous democracy, 
human rights, and leaders of minorities stand up to thugs and 
extremists and demand a free and peaceful Egypt, deeply disturbing 
cases are occurring where the spotlight is not shining.
  Reports indicate that on October 16, Ayman Labib was in his Arabic 
class when his teacher told him to get rid of the cross tattooed on his 
wrist. When Ayman said it was a tattoo, the teacher asked the other 
students, what are we going to do about this, and incited the students 
in the class to attack Ayman. He tried to flee, but ultimately the 
students, with the support of their teachers, murdered this young man.
  Egyptian media, controlled by the military government, has tried to 
deny the sectarian reasons for this brutal murder. After the new anti-
discrimination law put into place after October 9, when Egyptian 
security forces ran over Copts with bulldozers, will those teachers, 
adults and students be brought to justice for this brutal murder?
  The Egyptian military must bring the perpetrators to justice. 
Otherwise, their tacit approval of this act will only bring further 
violence and bloodshed.

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