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February 9, 2011

White House Urges End to Egyptian Gov't Crackdown 
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The Obama administration has been forced to increase its criticism of
President Hosni Mubarak's regime in the wake of a number of attacks on
activists and journalists in Egypt. On Tuesday, White House Press
Secretary Robert Gibbs addressed the ongoing crackdown.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: "The government has got to
stop arresting protesters and journalists, harassment, beatings,
detentions of reporters, of activists, of those involved in civil
society. We would call on all of those prisoners, as we have, to be
released immediately. We believe that there has to be a process; that in
this process that results in free and fair elections, that the emergency
law be lifted, as we've talked about many times; that specific
constitutional changes are made; and that we take concrete steps, as
I've said, to—to free and fair elections."



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