Egypt's outgoing interim president enacted a law on Saturday making it illegal to desecrate the national flag or refuse to stand for the national anthem, his ****** said. The government drafted the law late last year amid heightened nationalistic fervour after the military toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and unleashed a *****down on his supporters. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief who ousted Morsi, wan an overwhelming victory in last week's presidential election and is to take ****** next month. The law, one of the last that will be enacted by outgoing interim president Adly Mansour, also stipulates a fine of up to 30,000 Egyptian pounds (about $4,300, 3,200 euros) for desecrating the flag or disrespecting the anthem, his ****** said in a statement.
06-01-2014, 03:53 PM
Egypt criminalises flag desecration
Egypt's outgoing interim president enacted a law on Saturday making it illegal to desecrate the national flag or refuse to stand for the national anthem, his ****** said. The government drafted the law late last year amid heightened nationalistic fervour after the military toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and unleashed a *****down on his supporters. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief who ousted Morsi, wan an overwhelming victory in last week's presidential election and is to take ****** next month. The law, one of the last that will be enacted by outgoing interim president Adly Mansour, also stipulates a fine of up to 30,000 Egyptian pounds (about $4,300, 3,200 euros) for desecrating the flag or disrespecting the anthem, his ****** said in a statement.
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