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Egyptian Revolution

12/25/12: Egypt president signed new constitution into law

6/30/12: President-elect of Egypt Mohamed Morsi sworn in

6/26/12: Egyptian court struck down a government decree granting arrest powers to Egyptian military officials

6/14/12: Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt dissolved parliament

6/2/12: Mubarak sentenced to life in prison

5/31/12: Egypt's state of emergency ended

4/12/12: Egyptian parliament passed a bill preventing former Mubarak officials from running for president

2/20/12: High Administrative Court ruled voting system unconstitutional

1/24/12: Egypt's state of emergency lifted

1/5/12: Egyptian prosecutors announced that they would seek the death penalty for Mubarak

11/24/11: SCAF called for an end to violence against protesters

11/18/11: As many as 50,000 protested in Tahrir Square

9/15/11: Egyptian criminal court sentenced three associates of Mubarak

9/13/11: Egyptian government reinstated emergency laws

6/7/11: Egypt officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood legal

4/17/11: Egyptian prosecutors charged prime minister Ahmed Nazif with corruption

3/30/11: SCAF unveiled interim constitution

3/28/11: Egyptian prosecutor indicted three police officials on charges of murdering protesters

2/15/11: SCAF announced amendment to constitution

2/13/11: Egyptian military announced that it had suspended the constitution

11/28/10: Egyptian parliamentary elections accompanied by accusations of corruption, fraud

5/11/10: Egyptian parliament voted to extend state of emergency

8/2/08: Egyptian judge convicted prominent human rights activist

3/26/08: Egypt court sentenced former newspaper editor

2/27/08: Egypt police continued Muslim Brotherhood arrests ahead of elections

9/16/07: Egyptian government banned annual gathering of Muslim Brotherhood

5/8/07: Administrative Court ruled presidential order invalid

3/19/07: Egyptian Parliament passed 34 amendments to constitution

3/18/07: Over 100 members of Egyptian parliament boycotted debate of constitutional amendments

3/14/07: Thirty-one Egyptian women appointed as judges despite ongoing resistance

2/15/07: Egyptian police arrested 72 members of Muslim Brotherhood

7/10/06: Egypt parliament passed press law but removed controversial provision

6/6/06: Prosecutors added 15 days to detention of pro-reform demonstrators

5/25/06: 300 reformist judges staged a silent protest in front of the High Court

5/12/06: Protests continued over two judges facing disciplinary hearings

4/30/06: The Egyptian parliament extended the country's emergency laws

4/18/06: Mubarak suggested emergency laws be extended

4/16/06: Over 100 Muslim Brotherhood members detained

1/5/06: The National Council for Human Rights called for investigation of 11 deaths during parliamentary elections

12/1/05: Final round of Egypt's legislative elections began

11/26/05: Hundreds of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood complained of unwarranted arrests

10/16/05: The Egyptian government ordered five members of the Muslim Brotherhood released after five months detention without charges

9/26/05: Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif told US that his government planned to lift the state of emergency

9/9/05: Mubarak re-elected in a landslide victory

9/7/05: Egyptians voted in the country's first multi-candidate presidential election

9/5/05: The Independent Egyptian Committee for Monitoring Elections (IECME) alleged that the National Democratic Party committed violations

8/31/05: The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) said that it did not believe presidential elections would be fair

8/27/05: Egypt released Mahmoud Ezzat, secretary-general of the Muslim Brotherhood opposition group, from prison

6/29/05: Egypt's Higher Constitutional Court ruled law that would have allowed more than one person to run for president unconstitutional

5/25/05: Activists beaten and arrested by policemen and Mubarak supporters

5/13/05: Three thousand Egyptian judges in Cairo agreed to boycott the upcoming Egyptian national election

5/8/05: Egypt's parliament approved an amendment to the Egyptian Constitution, setting regulations for Egypt's first multi-candidate presidential election

5/7/05: Essam el-Erian, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, announced that he would run as a candidate against Mubarak

4/11/05: The Egyptian Supreme Council for Human Rights confirmed Egypt's security forces involved in torture



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