The parliamentary Legislative Committee approved a bill submitted by the government to amend Article 10 of Protest Law No. Committee chairman, Bahaa al-Din Abu Shaqa, said the draft law on the amendment comes in line with the Constitutional Court ruling on December 3, 2016. Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court struck down Article 10 of the Protest Law that allowed security authorities to ban all protests, except those officially sanctioned. The Supreme Constitutional Court ruled that the article was unconstitutional. Abu Shaqa said Tuesday that the amendment guarantees the right to peaceful protest, without any contradiction to Egyptians' constitutional rights.

Source: Egypt Independent January 18, 2017 12:46 UTC