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Thousands march as Greece commemorates anti-junta revolt
Thousands march as Greece commemorates anti-junta revolt
by  AFP

Thousands of people demonstrated in Athens on Thursday in a yearly protest marking the anniversary of a deadly crackdown on a 1973 student revolt against a US-backed junta. The annual protests mark the day in 1973 when at least 24 people were killed at the Athens Polytechnic, when the junta sent troops and police against a pro-democracy student uprising.

Thousands protest Sudan coup, call for justice
Thousands protest Sudan coup, call for justice
by  AFP

Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated on Thursday calling for justice for scores of people killed since last year's military coup which deepened the country's political crisis, AFP correspondents said. That day saw 15 people killed, the deadliest single-day crackdown on anti-coup demonstrations.

Jailed Egypt dissident's health 'deteriorated severely': family
Jailed Egypt dissident's health 'deteriorated severely': family
by  AFP

Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah's health has "deteriorated severely", his sister said Thursday after the first family visit since he ended a seven-month long hunger strike. "Alaa deteriorated severely in the past two weeks, but at least they got to see him, and he needed to see the family so much", she wrote.

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