Taharor, also known as Tamarod 2, is an Egyptian movement that split from

Tamarod Tamarod ( ar, تـمـرد, tamarrud, "rebellion") was an Egyptian grassroots movement that was founded to register opposition to President Mohamed Morsi and force him to call early presidential elections. The goal was to collect 15 million s ...

. Taharor split from Tamarod because it believes that Tamarod ignores

police brutality Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement against an individual or a group. It is an extreme form of police misconduct and is a civil rights violation. Police brutality includes, but is not limited to, ...

and excessive force and is too closely aligned with the Egyptian state. The movement coordinated with the Constitution Party and the

April 6 Youth Movement The April 6 Youth Movement ( ar, حركة شباب 6 أبريل) is an Egyptian activist group established in Spring 2008 to support the workers in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, an industrial town, who were planning to strike on 6 April. Activists call ...

to ask

Mohamed ElBaradei Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei ( ar, محمد مصطفى البرادعي, Muḥammad Muṣṭafá al-Barādaʿī, ; born 17 June 1942) is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who served as the vice president of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July ...

to run for president in the 2014 presidential election. Taharor sought to collect 50,000 signatures in favor of ElBaradei; twice the required minimum of 25,000 signatures for eligibility to run. The organization was thinking of forming a political party and running in the 2015 parliamentary election.

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{{Reflist 2013 Egyptian coup d'état Egyptian democracy movements