CAIRO - Egyptian activists andpoliticians accused the ruling military leaders of breaking apromise to end emergency law, after authorities said they wouldreintroduce special security courts following an attack on theIsraeli embassy.
Eight months after protesters toppled President HosniMubarak and the military took power on an interim basis, manysupporters of the protest movement say they are concerned thatthe military rulers are backsliding on reform pledges.
Ending emergency law, seen as a tool of Mubarak'srepression, has long been a key demand.
Egypt's military rulers said they would try suspects inemergency state security courts. Emergency law would now applyin cases such as blocking of roads, publishing false informationand weapons possession, they said.
The measures add to a list of developments that activistssay worry them, including the banning of cameras from importanttrials including that of Mubarak himself, and the army's failureso far to set a firm date for a parliamentary election.