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| Egypt court adjourns case against former Army chief Tantawi |
| 2013-11-08 |
| [Al Ahram] The State Commissioners Authority has adjourned a case brought by relatives of protesters killed during the December 2011 Cabinet festivities until 5 December 2013. The lawsuit was filed to repeal a decree by ex-president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... granting immunity to former military council leader Field Marshal Tantawi, his former deputy General Sami Anan, and former military police commander General Hamdi Badeen over the incident. The Authority adjourned the case after appointing the State Lawsuits Authority to review a report on the festivities by the Second Revolution Fact-Finding Committee. The committee was formed by Mohammed Morsi shortly after he became president. Its final report has not been released despite being finished several months ago. The Cabinet festivities between protesters and security forces resulted in the killing of at least 17 people and hundreds of injured. Several lawsuits have been filed against Tantawi and Anan accusing them of being responsible for the killing of protesters at Maspero, Mahmoud Mahmoud Street and the Cabinet building. |
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