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When Protest Becomes ‘Thuggery’: Egypt’s Military Trials and Emergency Law

Posted on 16/09/201125/12/2016 by markbtaylor

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…

Democracy and Counter-Revolution – the battle over Egypt’s constitution

Posted on 29/08/201125/12/2016 by markbtaylor

When pro-democracy protesters took to the streets in Egypt in January they targeted the army with a charm offensive. But, as LoR contributor Yasmine Gado reports from Cairo, the struggle over the constitution is exposing an alliance between the army and the Muslim Brotherhood that is threatening to undermine the gains made by the revolution.…