Sunday 3 April 2011

'Repression' by another name ... in Egypt

Via FLC

"Egypt’s armed forces have detained and tried thousands of people since taking control of the country this year... , they say, the country’s security agencies have been weakened, but the military has continued many of their repressive practices and a hated emergency law that allows random arrests is still in place.
“We have another battle ahead with the army,” said Mona Seif, an activist with the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, a legal firm that works in the human rights field. “The army has a big part of it still loyal to the old regime. They have economic interests in the old system. They won’t let go of that easily.”..."
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