[Christian Science Monitor] Dan Murphy - The regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in the midst of one of its largest crackdowns against public dissent in a decade. Seven journalists have been given prison sentences in recent weeks; more than a thousand activists of the Muslim Brotherhood languish in jail; and labor organizers involved in a wave of strikes at government-owned factories have been detained. As the government cracks down hard, it is increasingly being charged with the use of torture on detainees.
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