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Thursday, May 18, 2006
12:50PM

Judge Mekki found not guilty

By AuthorIssandr El Amrani |
Just got news from the High Court that Judge Mahmoud Mekki has been found not guilty. Judge Hisham Bastawissi's case has been postponed since he was hospitalized yesterday after a heart attack.

I returned from this morning's protests before the decision came out. There was a quite a lot of violence and many people (some say 260, mostly Muslim Brothers) who were arrested.

Details and pictures later.

Update: Ayman Nour's appeal has been denied. This means he will serve his full five-year sentence and ends his political career, since past convicts cannot run for parliament.
DateMay 18, 2006 at 12:50 CommentPost a Comment

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