Da Khaleej Times del 26/12/2005
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New front opened for the Kefaya movement in Egypt
CAIRO — Supporters of Ayman Nour, Egyptian politician who was convicted on Saturday, say they will never rest until justice is meted out to the opposition leader, who has been sentenced to five years in jail for forgery.
“This has opened a new front for us in our Kefaya movement”, they say.
“He is framed, we will fight against it in our own ways,” said a senior academician who is close to the opposition leader. “We are holding meetings and planning our strategy. We want the government to see reason,” he said.
The defence team, meanwhile, is preparing to go in appeal against the verdict, to the Court of Cassation, Egypt's highest court.
Meanwhile, the non-governmental Egyptian organisation for Human Rights, in a statement, urged the court to suspend Nour’s sentence in view of his poor health after a more than week-long hunger strike ahead of the session in which the verdict was announced.
Nour came second in September's presidential elections, Egypt’s first in which there was more than one candidate, taking some 7.5 per cent votes, against more than 88 per cent won by President Hosni Mubarak.
“This has opened a new front for us in our Kefaya movement”, they say.
“He is framed, we will fight against it in our own ways,” said a senior academician who is close to the opposition leader. “We are holding meetings and planning our strategy. We want the government to see reason,” he said.
The defence team, meanwhile, is preparing to go in appeal against the verdict, to the Court of Cassation, Egypt's highest court.
Meanwhile, the non-governmental Egyptian organisation for Human Rights, in a statement, urged the court to suspend Nour’s sentence in view of his poor health after a more than week-long hunger strike ahead of the session in which the verdict was announced.
Nour came second in September's presidential elections, Egypt’s first in which there was more than one candidate, taking some 7.5 per cent votes, against more than 88 per cent won by President Hosni Mubarak.
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