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Was Egypt’s revolution just a military coup? | GlobalPost
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/egypt/110926/was-egypts-revolution-just-military-coup

As the so-called Supreme Council of the Armed Forces increasingly cements, and in some cases flaunts, its firm grip on power, the revolution that inspired a region is beginning to look more like an old-fashioned military coup.

Military trials of Egyptian civilians persist and the military leadership has expanded and extended the 30-year-old, widely criticized Emergency Law once used by Mubarak to justify his authoritarian tactics.

Depuis fin janvier, l’armée égyptienne a fait passer 12000 civils devant des tribunaux militaires, soit plus que le nombre de civils jugés par des tribunaux militaires pendant les 30 ans du règne de Hosni Moubarak :
http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/10/egypt-retry-or-free-12000-after-unfair-military-trials

Since it took over patrolling the streets from the police on January 28, 2011, Egypt’s military has arrested almost 12,000 civilians and brought them before military tribunals, Human Rights Watch said today. This is more than the total number of civilians who faced military trials during the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak and undermines Egypt’s move from dictatorship to democratic rule, Human Rights Watch said.

Egypt : The Army vs. the People? (Relevé sur le net)
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/12/the_army_vs_the_people_a

Two months after the fall of the Mubarak regime, tension between the Egyptian military and the pro-democracy protesters is rapidly increasing. On Friday, Egyptian forces stormed Tahrir Square in Cairo, killing two protesters. On Monday, an Egyptian military court sentenced a pacifist blogger to three years in prison. Hundreds, and possibly thousands, of civilians remain in detention today after being sentenced by military tribunals over the past two months. Democracy Now! correspondent Anjali Kamat reports from Cairo. (...)

Mubarak’s Out, But Egypt Hasn’t Yet Had A Revolution | The New Republic
http://www.tnr.com/article/world/83558/egyptian-revolution-democracy-military

There is another meaning of revolution that applies specifically to events like the French, Russian, or Chinese Revolutions. In this sense of the word, Egypt has not yet had a revolution; and the success of the protests will depend ultimately on whether it does have one

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