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| Egypt Quizzes Islamist ex-MP over 'Torture' Allegations |
| 2013-11-27 |
| [An Nahar] Egyptian prosecutors questioned a former politician close to the Moslem Brüderbund Tuesday over claims he incited protesters to torture an alleged government agent during the 2011 uprising, judicial sources said. Mahmoud El-Khodeiry, who is also a former appeals court judge, was tossed in the clink Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! during the night in Egypt's second city of Alexandria. He was questioned over allegations he "incited protesters to torture a lawyer in (Cairo's) Tahrir Square whom he accused of being a state security officer," during the mass protests that led to the overthrow of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... , judicial sources said. |
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