Egyptian police fire water cannons at #Cairo protesters
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Egyptian policemen detain a protester during a demonstration in front of the Shura council in downtown Cairo on November 26, 2013 against the new law passed the previous day regulating demonstrations in the first unauthorized protest staged in the capital since the adoption of the law. (Photo: AFP - Khaled Desouki)
Egyptian police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters in Cairo on Tuesday after they defied a new law that restricts demonstrations. Protesters gathered to commemorate the death of a liberal activist killed in clashes with police two years ago, challenging the new legislation passed on Sunday that bans protests without police approval. Hundreds assembled at the Press Syndicate and parliament, both in central Cairo. (...)