Egypt Current Event

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Mubarak
Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929)

Crowds of pro-Mubarak demonstrators attacked the protests in Tahrir Square last week, and journalists and human rights activists have been arrested or beaten by pro-government mobs in what the U.S. State Department has said was a "concerted effort"
Islamist
a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies

Leaders of the Brotherhood, an opposition Islamist umbrella group that is officially banned but tolerated, said they insisted on an investigation into last week's clashes in Tahrir Square and called for those responsible to be brought to justice in
brotherhood
the family relationship between two male offspring

One of the groups represented in the meeting was the Muslim Brotherhood -- a group that, days ago, had said it would not negotiate until Mubarak left office.
human right
any basic freedom to which all people are entitled

Crowds of pro-Mubarak demonstrators attacked the protests in Tahrir Square last week, and journalists and human rights activists have been arrested or beaten by pro-government mobs in what the U.S. State Department has said was a "concerted effort"

Created on 二月 8, 2011 (updated 二月 8, 2011)