Egypt on Monday extended a controversial decades-old state of emergency by two years despite pledges it would be replaced by new legislation, in a move slammed by rights groups and the opposition. . . .
The state of emergency was imposed in 1981 after the assassination by Islamists of president Anwar Sadat, and had been repeatedly renewed since then despite protests from rights groups and regime opponents.
Monday, May 26, 2008
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