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Rights groups: No democracy yet in Egypt

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CAIRO – Egyptians may be voting in free elections for the first time in years, but the repression of critics by the military shows that true democracy does not yet exist, rights activists say.

A military court on Wednesday sentenced Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil to two years in prison for insulting the military and publishing false news, according to Noor Ayman Nour, an activist with the rights group No to Military Trials for Civilians.

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