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Egypt's police state
A report on Egypt's emergency laws, introduced 50 years ago to fight religious violence
A report on Egypt's emergency laws, introduced 50 years ago to fight religious violence. The government says emergency laws, introduced 50 years ago are necessary to fight Islamist-led violence. Egypt has been the victim of a number of violent attacks, from the assassination of its President Sadat in 1981, to recent suicide bomb attacks in Sharm El Sheikh.
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