Egypt extends state of emergency for two months

[JURIST] The office of interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] announced Thursday that the government is formally extending Egypt's state of emergency for two months due to security concerns. The interim government has sent military troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers into the city streets, claiming that extraordinary measures are needed to fight the war on terrorism. Constitutionally, the interim government may only impose a state of emergency for three months before it is subject to...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/09/egypt-extends-state-of-emergency-for-two-months.php

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