When Protest Becomes ‘Thuggery’: Egypt’s Military Trials and Emergency Law
In Tahrir square today, people are taking to the streets to confront Egypt’s criminalization of protest. LoR contributor Yasmine Gado writes from Cairo on the background to today’s protests. On Saturday, 11 September Egypt’s interim ministerial cabinet announced its decision to expand and reactivate Egypt’s Emergency Law that had been in effect during Mubarak’s entire…
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