In 2012 Mohamed Morsi who was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood won the presidency in Egypt in a narrow victory, critics said he broke promises for an inclusive government and some felt he was the president for the Muslim Brotherhood and not all of Egypt.  In April of 2013, Tamarod started a grassroots movement to collect signatures to remove Morsi from office by June 30th. Days leading up to the coup, tens of thousands of people gathered in Tahir Square who opposed Morsi demanding he step down. On July 3, 2013 Egypt’s military officers removed the country’s first democratically elected president. General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the change in government in a televised address, he was joined by religious groups and influential leaders of opposition parties. Supporters of Morsi organized protests and gathered at two squares, Rabaa Al-Adawiya and al-Nahda in Cairo demanding his reinstatement. His supporters camped out in the sit-ins for forty-five days. In those forty-five days, three massacres happened, the last one happened on August 14, 2013, Rabaa Al-Adawiya was cleared by police and army forces where they used live ammunition killing at least eight hundred people in one day. The dispersal lasted twelve hours.