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Four Egyptian judges in the dock
 Four prominent liberal judges, who accused fellow jurists of vote rigging in Egypt's legislative elections last year, have been stripped of immunity and will be interrogated by a state security prosecutor. Judge Hesham el-Bastawisy, deputy head of Egypt's Court of Cassation, the country's highest appellate court, was among the group of judges who had asked international legal authorities to investigate if those allegedly involved in ballot tampering were not brought to account by April. They threatened - but did not carry through on - a boycott of run-off election monitoring to protest police blockades of polling stations and the authorities having allowed "thugs" to assault judges in some polling stations. Posted by: Fred 2006-02-17 |
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