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Article: EGYPT: POLITICAL PARTIES LAW STIFLES OPPOSITION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 4, 2007
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Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
President Hosni Mubarak and his ruling National Democratic Party have used the Political Parties Law to maintain a virtual monopoly over political power in Egypt by denying opponents the right to form political parties, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today.
On January 6, Cairo's Supreme Administrative Court will rule on the appeals of 13 prospective parties whose applications the Political Parties Committee has rejected. Human Rights Watch urged the court not to erect unreasonable restrictions blocking the formation of political parties.
"The government has for decades used the political parties law to fix elections ...