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Anti-protest law: Egyptians march on Cairo presidential palace
Hundreds of activists march to the presidential palace in Cairo to call for the scrapping of an anti-protest law passed by Egypt’s army-backed interim leadership in November

Hundreds of Egyptian activists have demonstrated against the country’s anti-protest laws.

They marched to the presidential palace in Cairo on Saturday to call for the scrapping of the law passed by Egypt’s army-backed interim leadership in November.

The law requires anyone planning a demonstration to obtain police permission. Saturday’s protesters did not.

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