This month marks the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the Egyptian revolution that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak.  In the days leading up to this important milestone, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi announced that the Egyptian government was taking steps to lift the state of emergency, which has been in place in Egypt almost continuously since 1958.  Lifting the state of emergency has been a key demand of the protesters in Tahrir Square.   On the anniversary of the revolution, Field Marshal Tantawi announced that around 2,000 people held by the military were pardoned and would be released.  Among them was blogger Maikel Nabil.  Mr. Nabil was sentenced to three years in jail by a military court in April 2011 for posts critical of the military.  He was released on January 24th. In a sign that the political transition in Egypt is moving forward, the democratically-elected representatives of the People's Assembly met for the first time since Egypt's revolution on January 23rd, and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces unambiguously transferred legislative authority to the Assembly.


埃及革命之初，前任总统穆罕默德·胡斯尼·穆巴拉克（Hosni Mubarak）下台，本月为其一周年纪念日。在这个里程碑不久前的几天，陆军元帅穆罕默德·侯赛因·坦塔维（Mohamed Hussein Tantawi）宣布，埃及政府正在采取措施，解除自1958年以来持续存在的紧急状态。解除紧急状态是开罗塔里尔广场的抗议者主要呼吁的问题之一。 在革命纪念日这天，陆军元帅坦塔维宣布，军队扣押的约2000名人员将被宽恕释放。其中就有博客写手迈克尔·塔比勒（Maikel Nabil）。2011年4月，塔比勒由于抨击不对而被军事法庭宣判入狱，1月24日获释。 埃及政治更迭正在推进，人民大会通过民主选举产生的代表于1月23日进行了埃及革命以来首次会面。埃及部队最高委员会明确地将立法权力交予人民大会。