The Administrative Court at the State Council held on Tuesday the first session to look into a lawsuit filed by human rights defenders to repeal an outdated assembly law. “This means that the annulment law has been passed, but without letting the public know, which should prevent its implementation. The judicial system continues to use it, and it is through this law that most protest cases were operated until now, not the Protest Law issued in 2013,” he said. Zarea explained that the recent Protest Law replaced a former one, but did not annul the law 10/1914 (known as the Assembly Law), and that it was derived from it. The preamble of the Assembly Law justifies its issuance, in view of the necessity to swiftly create a penalty (which would be more effective than current provisions) for crimes committed en masse, CIHRS’ study on the Assembly Law titled “Towards the Emancipation of Egypt” explained.

Source: Daily News Egypt April 04, 2017 15:00 UTC