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| Egypt Criminalizes Flag Desecration |
| 2014-06-01 |
| [An Nahar] Egypt's outgoing interim president enacted a law on Saturday making it illegal to desecrate the national flag or refuse to stand for the national anthem, his office said. Those who break the new law will face up to one year in jail. The government drafted the law late last year amid heightened nationalistic fervor after the military toppled Islamist president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... and unleashed a crackdown on his supporters. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief who ousted Morsi, wan an overwhelming victory in last week's presidential election and is to take office next month. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Now they have done it. The American Civil Liberties Union will be all over them. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-01 13:57 |