April 6 youth movement goes through an intentionally and intensive discredit campaigns and media distortion from different sources, whether internally or externally. Aiming to question the integrity and disperse its members. Those campaign Alleged that members receive external funding or publishing faked pages holding the movement’s name and logo. Those campaigns will not distract us from achieving our goals, but it will strengthen our resolve and increase our determination.
We declare that the movement has depended since its inception on the youth and the great people of Egypt, membership fees, donations from noble people, and those who believe in its case, and not to those elements or any third party (whether Arab or Foreigners) by any mean. As we are keen from the beginning to be away from any suspicious lesion, we, April 6th youth emphasize that we did not received any financial support from any place whatsoever.
It comes in the context of denial of what “New York Times “newspaper had published on Friday, April 15 in its article concerning April 6 youth movement, which is described as an opinion piece and not news which there is huge difference between them - where it was distort the facts using people who do not belong to the movement and isolated and independent activists away from it, statements attributed to them on behalf of the movement. And also it handled news which is supported by the names or facts bearing on the ratification such as Wiki leaks Document and other flimsy news.
We recall that what was published is totally contrary with the administration's position statement by the U.S. secretary of state, "Hillary Clinton" on Jan. 26 saying (that the situation in Egypt is stable and that they trust Mubarak regime is stable). It also declared its confidence in Mubarak regime, As these days is the start of preparations for the U.S. elections, presidential elections in America and the Democrats need any balance supported by externally or internally to polish the image of Barrack Obama and show him to the American public in support for the deployment of freedoms and democracy in the world, America will remain the same , as they are trying to convince the world that they are fully in control, as Arab revolutions broke the illusion and made a surprise earthquake.
Therefore, we call on all the media to investigate the accuracy in what they write about the movement and its news, this article published in "New York Times," Newspaper, was copied in the web news of "Alyoom Alsabe’a" newspaper as a press release published in the newspaper and not as an article - whether it happened with good or bad intention - we deny what came in its content. We also call “Alyoom Alsabe’a” newspaper to follow accuracy. And to make sure that insistence and dependence on God and then on the conscious revolutionary Egyptian people who made freedom and not through anything else or rely on external forces, was standing with the Mubarak regime frankly all the time.
We also emphasize that we are going to sue any media as well as anyone trying to tarnish our reputation by publishing accusations without evidence, and we ask everyone who has evidences for those accusation to immediately hand it to the Attorney General. As we are not going to tolerate attempts to drag our image or hurting us.
In this context, we announce that there are some people trying to distort the movement image internally as it has been observed in the recent period the spread of some of the pages and groups which they assume to represent April 6th Movement by using the slogans and logos.
Therefore, we found that we must alert all to not deal with any face book groups or pages except for those which are mentioned in this statement, let us hope for the nascent movements that emerged from April 6th movement strong competition in the noble service of the nation in achieving of its people’s.
As we have chosen, with insistence, will and homeland love, to walk through the thorns in hardest road, face of repression, arrests and humiliation from Mubarak regime, we did not seek to gain fame or to pursue the personal interests, and we will not pay attention to such trivialities, as we now looking for completing our way which we have started since 4 years and fought the whole corrupted system for it, which pursuit of a better future for Egypt. We clear that steadfastness of principle is our way... Therefore, it is normal that we face lots and lots of media distortion campaigns from different sources, as the way behind us was hardest, and what remains from it is the longest in order to achieve the wonderful dream, the dream of building a free nation.
