Mr. Light follow-up
Just a brief follow-up to my last post regarding the political situation in Egypt.
Ayman Nour was found guilty yesterday, December 24th, by an Egyptian judge for falsifying signatures to register his "Ghad" party in this past presidential election. He was given a 5 year jail sentence.
The US has demanded his release.
US White House spokesman Scott McClellan said in a statement:
We'll see what happens in the upcoming days.
M.P.
Ayman Nour was found guilty yesterday, December 24th, by an Egyptian judge for falsifying signatures to register his "Ghad" party in this past presidential election. He was given a 5 year jail sentence.
The US has demanded his release.
US White House spokesman Scott McClellan said in a statement:
"The conviction of Mr. Nour, the runner-up in Egypt's 2005 presidential elections, calls into question Egypt's commitment to democracy, freedom, and the rule of law. The United States calls upon the Egyptian government to act under the laws of Egypt in the spirit of its professed desire for increased political openness and dialogue within Egyptian society, and out of humanitarian concern, to release Mr. Nour from detention."
We'll see what happens in the upcoming days.
M.P.
posted by Matthew Pascal @ 2:59 PM
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The whole Egyptian political thing is crazy stuff. I'm wondering, though, if the government will have to become more negative to westerners and western interests in the years to come to fend of the growing political threat from the Muslim Brotherhood.
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