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Egypt: 26 percent turnout in elections
(AP)
Updated: 2005-12-11 10:49
Nour finished a distant second to longtime President Hosni Mubarak in a
September election and lost his parliament seat in November polls.
"Just skimming through the pages of the case, I was appalled by the amount of
injustice and framing against Ayman Nour," said his lawyer, Farid el-Deeb. "It's
another series of taking revenge and persecuting political opposition."
Nour's Jan. 29 arrest and subsequent 42-day detention without charges
strained relations between the United States and Egypt. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice canceled a March visit; when she eventually came in June, met
with Nour and other opposition figures.
U.S. and European representatives were in the courtroom
Saturday.
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