Egypt's Banning of Ultras Constitutes Effort to Outlaw Legitimate Opposition
Category: POLITICS
An expected decision by Egyptian soccer authorities to ban as terrorist organizations groups of militant soccer fans builds on the definition by Arab autocrats of legitimate, democratic opposition forces as violent threats to their grip on power.
By James Dorsey, ContributorSenior fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2014-09-06