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Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim brotherhood take part in a march on October 25, 2013 in Cairo’s eastern Nasr City district. Seventeen prominent Egyptian rights groups on October 24, 2013, criticised a draft bill regulating protests, slamming the “draconian restrictions” they say will stifle freedoms won in the 2011 uprising. The proposed law, which was drafted by the justice ministry this month and is under review by the cabinet, gives authorities sweeping powers and control over protests and strikes. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA