Egyptian Junta Re-enacts an Old Law to Inhibit Press Freedom

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By: Roy Greenslade | Guardian.co.uk

Revolutionary change is rarely straightforward and is often characterised by two steps forward and one step back and, sometimes, two steps back.

Look at the latest state of play in Egypt where the ruling military council has reactivated the emergency law once enforced by the administration of deposed premier Hosni Mubarak.

Journalists fear that this law, ostensibly reintroduced in the wake of the storming of the Israeli embassy in Cairo, will be used to muzzle the media.































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