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The crackdown in Egypt has intensified over recent weeks, with the arrests of human rights activists and the passing of repressive new 'anti-terror' laws. The new legislation has been condemned by Human Rights Watch, which described it as “a big step toward enshrining a permanent state of emergency,” and Amnesty International, which said it would effectively ban the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association.
Unfortunately, the new laws, which give even greater powers to the military and police, haven't come out of nowhere. They are all too typical and consistent with the authoritarian rule of the Sisi regime and the Egyptian authorities.
