STF NA MÍDIA

amazing that it has taken a
Green MP and Amnesty international
to find things that
are clearly illegal."
Kaye Stearman of the Campaign
Against the Arms Trade,
condemned the "laxness"
that had allowed the companies
to promote illegal e-
quipment. "They should never
have been allowed in,"
she added.
A spokesman for DSEI said
it had no further comment.
The Pakistan Ordnance Factory
could not be reached for
comment.
Earlier this week the Guardian
reported that Pakistan was
also advertising an "arms for
peace" exhibition in Karachi
next year as well as "goldplated"
submachine guns,
"for
collectors".
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THE GUARDIAN (LO) • NEWS • 16/9/2011
Egyptians rally in Tahrir Square against return of emergency laws
Amnesty International describes security move as biggest threat to human rights since
Mubarak era
Jack Shenker
Egyptians have returned to
Tahrir Square to rally against
the military junta s reactivation
of Mubarak-era emergency
laws, which Amnesty
International has described as
the biggest threat to human
rights in the country since
the Mubarak era.
The Supreme Council of the
Armed Forces (SCAF), which
has ruled Egypt since the
fall of Hosni Mubarak this
year and has promised to
hand over to an elected civilian
government in November,
announced it was broadening
the application of
emergency law following
clashes at the Israeli embassy
in Cairo last Friday.
The suspension of normal
civilian rights and the existence
of special "security
courts" were a hallmark of
the Mubarak regime, which
maintained a permanent e-
mergency law throughout the
former dictator s reign.
Mubarak said last year that
emergency laws would only
be applied to those suspected
of drug-related or terrorism
offences, as public opposition
to the virtually unlimited
powers granted to the security
forces began to grow.
Following the ousting of
Mubarak in February, the
SCAF promised to end e-
mergency law as soon "as
soon as current circumstances
end", but the military
council has now chosen instead
to widen the laws in
order to combat what it says
are acts of terrorism and a-
narchy.
"These changes are a major
threat to the rights to freedom
of expression, association
and assembly, and the
right to strike," said Philip
Luther, Amnesty s deputy
director for the Middle East
and north Africa. "We are
looking at the most serious
erosion of human rights in
Egypt since Mubarak stepped
down. The military authorities
have essentially taken
Egypt s laws back to the bad
old days."
Activists fear the legal
clampdown will be used to
further stifle popular dissent
against military rule. The
new military decree extends
emergency law to cover a
glut of vaguely defined
transgressions that could
easily be applied to legitimate
protest, including "infringing
on others right to work",
"impeding the flow of traffic",
and "spreading false
information in the media".
In the seven months since
SCAF assumed power, several
peaceful demonstrations
have been violently broken
up by soldiers, while media
outlets and bloggers seen as
critical of the junta have been
taken off air or arrested.
Meanwhile, an Egyptian steel
magnate who rose to become
one of the country s most
influential men under the old
regime has been sentenced to
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