(New York Times) Editorial - Mubarak's government is requiring new registration of nongovernmental organizations and has pointedly not registered several on the political left. It promised to abolish the emergency security courts but dismantled only one of the three levels. It promised to set up a human rights council but has not done so. Finally, Mubarak, who is 75 and has been in power for two decades, has done nothing about promoting a modern succession. The U.S., which gives Cairo $2 billion a year, has done far too little to counter any of this.
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