Wh disappointed by egypts state of emergency
In place since 1981, the law gives the Egyptian police broad powers to arrest people and to hold them indefinitely without charge. Egypt has said it would only use the law in counterterrorism and counternarcotics cases, but human rights activists have warned that the law will continue to be used to suppress dissent.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that even the revised law gives the Egyptian government extraordinary powers to restrict the rights of its citizens.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also criticized the extension of a state of emergency in Egypt. A statement issued in Clintons name said the extension ignored a broad range of Egyptian voices seeking an end to the emergency. Critics of the declaration charge that its used by the government to suppress dissent.
Clinton welcomed a suggestion in the Egyptian statement that the government would work to enact counterterror legislation to allow lifting of the state of emergency. source
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