Thursday, February 19, 2009

Egyptian opposition leader released from prison.

February 18, Egyptian authorities released from prison on the most famous dissident, Ayman Nour country, reports AFP.
44-year-old oppositionist released for health reasons: he suffers from diabetes. He is already at home in 2005, Nur Kaire.V run for president of Egypt. He was arrested in January 2005, and elections were held in September. He scored them 8 percent of the vote. In December 2005, the court found guilty of forgery Nur signatures that are needed to register his party, and sentenced to five years in prison.
In an interview in 2008, Nour complained that the authorities want to see that he died in prison. In May 2008 he was forbidden to publish articles in Egyptian newspapers, which found Noor violations of their rights.

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