Wall Street Journal: Egypt Moves to Head Off Popular Unrest
As an Arab Spring milestone nears, Egypt signals it won’t tolerate dissent
CAIRO—Five years ago, massive street protests swept out Egypt’s strongman president and changed the course of the nation. Now, its authoritarian government, in an effort to avoid any resurgence of unrest, is clamping down on its critics and signaling that public displays of dissent won’t be tolerated.
The regime of President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has arrested dozens of administrators of Facebook pages critical of the government and has scripted sermons for Muslim clerics, sending a clear message to the country that Monday, Jan. 25—the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring upheaval—is just another day.
“Why am I hearing calls for another revolution? Why do you want to ruin the nation?” Mr. Sisi said late last month, addressing his critics in a televised speech. “I came by your will and your choice and not despite it.”
Egypt’s interior ministry didn’t respond to requests to comment.
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More News And Analysis On The Unrest In Egypt
Egypt intensifies crackdown ahead of Arab Spring anniversary -- AP
Six killed in Egypt bomb attack near Giza pyramids -- The Guardian/Reuters
Raid on Militant Hide-Out Near Egypt’s Pyramids Ends in Deadly Blast -- NYT
Egypt: Cairo bomb blast kills nine during police raid -- BBC
10 killed in explosion during raid on terrorist hideout in Egypt’s Giza -- RT
Five years on: Egypt after the Arab Spring -- DW
Egypt, five years later: A human-rights catastrophe of America’s making -- Salon
You won't believe how Egypt plans to stop January 25 protests -- Safiaa Mounir, Al-Monitor
Egypt: who's afraid of January 25? -- Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters
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