Egypt Crackdown Widens On Anniversary of Revolution

As Egyptians mark a somber three-year anniversary of the January 25th revolution that ousted the autocratic Hosni Mubarak, a wide-ranging crackdown by the military-backed government is gathering steam. With nearly all of the leaders of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood in jail, the dragnet is now increasingly targeting secularists and liberal critics of the interim government.  In recent weeks, prominent secular activists like Ahmed Maher, the founder of the April 6th youth movement,...

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