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– Egyptian human rights group files lawsuit to annul repressive assembly law (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 2, 2017

Egypt's assembly law, issued 103 years ago by British colonial authorities during WWI, was unanimously repealed by parliament in 1928. It is still being used today to jail thousands of innocent Egyptians.
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