Police restrict voting in Egypt runoff
aljazeera.net: Egyptian police have restricted voting in areas contested by the opposition Muslim Brotherhood and detained more than 600 Islamists.
On Saturday, thousands of riot police were deployed in constituencies where the Brotherhood had candidates, in many cases sealing off polling stations or limiting the number of people who could go in, witnesses said.
A leading judge said some judges had left in protest against the police action and taken the ballot boxes with them.
"Security forces besieged some of the polling stations, blocking some voters from entering and allowing others in," said judge Ahmed Mekki, who is in charge of an informal election monitoring effort by the judiciary. Read more
"Throughout the Middle East the fear of free choices can no longer justify the denial of liberty,"
Condoleezza Rice 20 June, 2005
On Saturday, thousands of riot police were deployed in constituencies where the Brotherhood had candidates, in many cases sealing off polling stations or limiting the number of people who could go in, witnesses said.
A leading judge said some judges had left in protest against the police action and taken the ballot boxes with them.
"Security forces besieged some of the polling stations, blocking some voters from entering and allowing others in," said judge Ahmed Mekki, who is in charge of an informal election monitoring effort by the judiciary. Read more
"Throughout the Middle East the fear of free choices can no longer justify the denial of liberty,"
Condoleezza Rice 20 June, 2005
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