Photo: Sarah Carr/Amnesty

Victims of a previous clash (file photo): Several people were killed and scores injured when demonstrators took to the streets of Cairo to protest against the country's ruling generals.

People's Assembly Speaker Mohamed Saad el-Katatni asked Chairman of the parliament's Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee Mahmoud el-Khoderi to discuss proposals on a draft law governing the right to stage peaceful protests.

MP Mostafa Bakri said he submitted a bill to regulate the right to protest two months ago, but the committee has not started discussing it until now.

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