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How anonymous witnesses saw justice done
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
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The practice has allowed police to secure convictions after encountering a wall of silence from people too frightened to appear in court. Many, particularly those involved in gang-related violence, have only been prepared to speak out on the condition...
Tags: emergency law
Egypt detentions condemned
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Amnesty condemns Egypt detentions The human rights organisation, Amnesty International, says that about 18,000 people are being held in jail in Egypt without being charged or put on trial. The organisation says they are being held under Egypt's emergency...
Tags: Egypt, emergency law
Egypt extends emergency law for 2 more years
The Egyptian parliament, at the request of the government, on Monday extended emergency law for two years until mid-2010 or until anti-terrorism legislation has been drawn up to replace it. The law, in force since the 1981 assassination of President...
Tags: Emergency law, anti-terrorism bill, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, rights
Egypt extends emergency law for 2 more years
Cairo :: Egypt | about 1 year ago
Credibility Three hundred and five members voted in favour of the extension, requested by Nazif earlier in the day, and 103 voted against it. Parliament is dominated by the National Democratic Party, which holds more than two thirds of the seats. The opponents included...
Tags: rights, egypt, emergency law, Egyptian People's Assembly, Ahmed Nazif
Egyptian parliament extends controversial emergency law
Cairo :: Egypt | about 1 year ago
Credibility Egyptian parliament extends controversial emergency law Egyptian parliament on Monday acted swiftly on a request by President Hosni Mubarak and extended the country's emergency law, a lawmaker said, despite the president's 2005 campaign promise to abolish...
Tags: egypt, emergency law, rights, Egyptian, Hosni Mubarak, president hosni, terror law, Judicial and Parliamentary, extend emergency, Ahmed Nazif
Egypt detains 13 Muslim Brotherhood members
Cairo :: Egypt | about 1 year ago
Credibility Egyptian authorities have arrested 13 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood around the country, a security official said on Sunday. Nine members of the banned group were arrested on Sunday in the Nile Delta town of Abu Hammad in Sharqiya province...
Tags: emergency law, Egyptian, Daily News Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, opposition muslim, Nile Delta, Cairo, extend emergency
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