Military trials in Egypt undermine civil law - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ahmed Fouad

Ahmed Fouad

Nov 12, 2014

Members of special police forces stand guard as police investigate the car from which an explosive device attached to it detonated outside a court in the Heliopolis area in Cairo, June 25, 2014. One person was wounded from the small explosion outside the court on Wednesday, the head of Cairo's bomb disposal unit told Reuters. At least four people were wounded in a series of small explosions in metro stations in Greater Cairo earlier in the day. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RT — Police forces stand guard as they investigate the car in which an explosive device detonated outside a court in the Heliopolis area of Cairo, June 25, 2014. — REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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A demonstrator looks on with a sign reading "I am against the military courts for civilians" taped over his mouth during a human chain by members of the April 6 movement and liberal activists against a law restricting demonstrations as well as the crackdown on activists and calling for the release of activists in detention in front of El-Thadiya Egyptian Presidential in Cairo, April 23, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3MD2M

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