President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ratified on Tuesday the amendment to the Protest Law that was recently approved by parliament. The amendment to the Protest Law only included a modification to Article 10, as recommended by the government. Article 10 is responsible for regulating ways of notifying the Ministry of Interior of any scheduled protest. Previously, the article gave the power and authority to the Ministry of Interior to ban protests independently. The Protest Law was established in 2013 by interim president Adly Mansour to regulate the right to public meetings, processions, and peaceful demonstrations.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 03, 2017 14:15 UTC