Egypt military urged to respect rights of protesters

Tuesday 1 February 2011 The army must continue respecting peaceful protest as people across the country hold their biggest demonstration yet. Amnesty International is urging the Egyptian military to respect the rights of protesters as Cairo demonstrators held their biggest protest yet amid ongoing nationwide unrest.  Media reports said hundreds of thousands of people had gathered for what organisers dubbed a ‘Million Man’ protest calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down and corruption, poverty and police abuses to end.Egypt’s military announced a day earlier that it would…

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