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Political powers reject continuity of emergency law in Egypt
Egypt to stop military trials for civilians once Emergency Law is lifted
MENA 05 Sep 2011
Egypt will halt military trials for civilians once the state of emergency has been lifted, Adel Morsy, the top official...
File photo of Hossam al-Gheriany, newly-appointed president of cassation court and supreme council of judiciary
Sunday's papers: Judiciary under spotlight as Mubarak regime trials resume
Abdel-Rahman Hussein 14 Aug 2011
As the trials of former President Hosni Mubarak and former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly are set to resume, today...
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Egypt starts process to end emergency rule, says official
Reuters 11 Aug 2011
Egypt has begun procedures to end the country's three-decade old state of emergency, a government spokesman said on...
Political powers reject continuity of emergency law in Egypt
Despite revolution, Emergency Law remains in force
Rana Khazbak 17 Jul 2011
Ending the state of emergency has long been a priority for pro-reform Egyptians and was one of the main demands of the...
A group of activists shouting in support of Helwan for Engineering Industries Company (HEIC) workers on military trial, General Prosecutor's Office, Cairo, August 25, 2010. The case against HEIC was sparked by an explosion in an HEIC factory late July, prompting workers to report incident to chairman about safety standards but to no avail. Two weeks later, another hydrogen cylinder explosion killed a worker, which raised his colleagues to action. On trial, workers were accused of vandalizing factory properties worth of EGP 162,000, deliberately stopping production, resulting in EGP 1,300,000 of losses, assaulting factory chairman, and contacting Muslim Brotherhood's official website with "secret information." On August 30, military court ruled three workers not gulity and suspended sentnces of 6 months - one year against five others.
5 workers first to be sentenced under military's anti-protests law
Rana Khazbak 04 Jul 2011
A military court on 29 June handed down suspended sentences of one year in prison to five workers, who had been sacked...
Amnesty renews calls for end of military trials, Emergency Law, protests ban
EE staff 25 Jun 2011
Amnesty International (AI), the London-based human rights watchdog, renewed its call for the abolition of the law...
An Egyptian man show his ink-stained finger after casting his vote at a polling station in Mansura, 120 kms north of Cairo, March 19, 2011 as voters got their first taste of democracy in a referendum to a package of constitutional changes after president Hosni Mubarak was forced to relinquish his 30-year grip on power last month in the face of mass street protests.
Amnesty International: Egypt needs more than fair vote
Reuters 24 Jun 2011
Free elections this year could set Egypt on a new democratic course, but the government must also end emergency law and...
Soldiers of Egyptian army deploy in Tahrir Square to disperse protesters sit-in, Cairo, April 9, 2011. Two people were killed and at least 18 wounded, when Egyptian military police stormed the square to disperse protesters demanding swift trial of Mubarak and former responsibles.
Rights group calls on Egypt's military rulers to lift emergency rule
AP 08 Jun 2011
Egypt's transitional government won't end human rights abuses until it lifts emergency rule and ends military...
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Rights groups says Egypt still needs more change
Heba Afify 07 Jun 2011
In the wake of continuing reports of human rights abuses after the 25 January revolution, the international human...
Egyptian soldiers sit atop a military vehicle in front of the Great Giza pyramids on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, February 9, 2011. Egyptians counted the economic cost of more than two weeks of turmoil on Wednesday as re-invigorated protesters flocked again to Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand President Hosni Mubarak quit immediately.
State of emergency extended until after elections
Mohamed el-Sayed Solayman
Ali ElTairy
12 May 2011
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has extended the state of emergency until after the parliamentary and...