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How "national security" rhetoric and laws are being used to shut down Egypt's civic space (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News December 15, 2018

IFEX examines how the Egyptian government has been manipulating fears over national security as part of its widespread crackdown on activists, lawyers and journalists.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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