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Egypt aims to amend rules for revoking citizenship

The government has approved a proposal to amend Egypt's nationality law, but some fear the amendments might be targeting the regime's opponents.

Egyptian men pose with their passports before voting in a referendum on the country's new constitution at the Egyptian embassy in Amman January 9, 2014. Egyptians living outside the country on Wednesday began voting in the referendum on the new constitution. The referendum marks the first time Egyptians have voted since the removal of President Mohamed Mursi in July, and is seen as much as a public vote of confidence on the roadmap and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as the constitution itself. REUTERS/Maje
A proposal that may reach the Egyptian parliament could give the government greater powers to revoke Egyptian citizenship. Here, Egyptian men pose with their passports before voting in a referendum on the country's new constitution at the Egyptian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, Jan. 9, 2014. — REUTERS/Majed Jaber

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