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Egypt: Restrictive law likely to mark the death of many NGOs in EgyptF

Cairo, July 15, 2019 - Egypt's parliament on Monday approved amendments to a controversial law that rights groups say imposes strict curbs on non-governmental organisations.  The changes come after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced last November that the law...
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Algeria’s military command selects Conservative Islamist supporter as new parliament chiefF

Arezki Daoud's comment: The Algerian national assembly has a new speaker. It was supposed to be another nationalist figure from the old FLN party, but the party's new leader, Mohamed Djamai is so tainted by alleged criminal activity that his candidacy to head the...
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Egypt: Pro-Mubarak Facebook page admin arrested for “spreading false info”F

Cairo, July 11, 2019 - The administrator of a Facebook page supporting Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak was detained for 15 days for "spreading false information", a judicial source said Thursday. Karim Hussein is the administrator of a page named "I'm sorry Mr...
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Algeria: Police repression against peaceful protesters intensifiesF

Algiers, July 7, 2019 - Algerian police said Sunday they had opened an investigation after a video circulated online appeared to show protesters being beaten by security forces. Thousands of people took to the streets of the capital Algiers on Friday, the latest in...
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