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UNDERNEWS: Hidden news: 100,000 protest new regime in Egypt

In recent weeks, the new regime has increasingly demonstrated that it is just as hostile to the Egyptian people’s democratic and social rights as was the ex-dictator, Hosni Mubarak, throughout his 30-year rule. Under Tantawi’s leadership, the military on March 23 banned all strikes and protests that interfere with the economy or public life...

Hundreds have been arrested, hauled before military courts and sentenced to prison since the military junta assumed power....