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Egypt Steps Up Security Ahead of ‘January Revolution’ Anniversary

Protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square after the announcement of Mubarak's resignation (file photo: Reuters)
Protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square after the announcement of Mubarak's resignation (file photo: Reuters)
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Egypt Steps Up Security Ahead of ‘January Revolution’ Anniversary

Protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square after the announcement of Mubarak's resignation (file photo: Reuters)
Protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square after the announcement of Mubarak's resignation (file photo: Reuters)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi extended the nationwide state of emergency for three more months starting Sunday.

The security services increased their measures ahead of the tenth anniversary of the “January 25 Revolution” and the 69th anniversary of the National Police Day.

The parliament approved on Thursday a presidential decree extending the state of emergency.

According to the decree, the armed forces and the police will take the necessary measures to fight terrorism and its financing, maintain security nationwide, protect public and private properties, and preserve the lives of citizens.

Egypt has been under a nationwide state of emergency since April 2017 when twin church bombings in Alexandria killed dozens of people.

Since then, exceptional measures scheduled for three months have been announced, then extended with short intervals in between to avoid violating the constitution, which requires a popular referendum if the state of emergency exceeds six consecutive months.

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UK Police Ban Palestine Action Protest Outside Parliament

File photo: People take part in a march in support of the Palestinian people and against Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in Rabat, Morocco, 22 June 2025. EPA/JALAL MORCHIDI
File photo: People take part in a march in support of the Palestinian people and against Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in Rabat, Morocco, 22 June 2025. EPA/JALAL MORCHIDI
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UK Police Ban Palestine Action Protest Outside Parliament

File photo: People take part in a march in support of the Palestinian people and against Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in Rabat, Morocco, 22 June 2025. EPA/JALAL MORCHIDI
File photo: People take part in a march in support of the Palestinian people and against Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in Rabat, Morocco, 22 June 2025. EPA/JALAL MORCHIDI

British police have banned campaign group Palestine Action from protesting outside parliament on Monday, a rare move that comes after two of its members broke into a military base last week and as the government considers banning the organization.

The group said in response that it had changed the location of its protest on Monday to Trafalgar Square, which lies just outside the police exclusion zone, reported Reuters.

The pro-Palestinian organization is among groups that have regularly targeted defense firms and other companies in Britain linked to Israel since the start of the conflict in Gaza.

British media have reported that the government is considering proscribing, or effectively banning, Palestine Action, as a terrorist organization, putting it on a par with al-Qaeda or ISIS.

London's Metropolitan Police said late on Sunday that it would impose an exclusion zone for a protest planned by Palestine Action outside the Houses of Parliament - a popular location for protests in support of a range of causes.

"The right to protest is essential and we will always defend it, but actions in support of such a group go beyond what most would see as legitimate protest," Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said.

"We have laid out to Government the operational basis on which to consider proscribing this group."

Palestine Action's members are alleged to have caused millions of pounds of criminal damage, assaulted a police officer with a sledgehammer and, in the incident last week, damaged two military aircraft, Rowley added.