Baku-APA. The Egyptian interim government decided on Thursday to allow police to enter university campuses without prior permission if faculties or students are under threat, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The previous regulation required the police to obtain permission from the university's president or judicial authorities before entering the universities' campuses.
The decision came amid escalating violent clashes in the universities across Egypt.
A student was killed on Wednesday at Al-Azhar university's dorm in Cairo during clashes between supporters and opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Since the beginning of the new university year, Brotherhood supporters have been organizing demonstrations on university campuses to protest the ouster of the former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Although their existence in the Egyptian streets began to diminish, Brotherhood protests on university campuses remain strong and in many cases turn into violent clashes.
The Cairo Misdemeanor court has sentenced 38 students from Al- Azhar university to jail terms for stirring riots.
Last week, 12 student supporters of the Brotherhood were sentenced to 17 years in jail for attacking Al-Azhar headquarters in October.
In October 2010, an Egyptian court upheld a ruling to remove police from university campuses and in March 2011, administrative security guards were hired.
On Thursday, the government said it will boost the presence of police and military to fight terrorism, and review all jail pardons and citizenship grants issued by the former president. The declaration came in the wake of a deadly terrorist attack in North Sinai that claimed the lives of 11 soldiers on Wednesday.
A new protest law was submitted to the interim president for him to review on Nov. 12. No dead deadline has been set for the issuing of the final version of the law.
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