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CAIR: No 'business as usual' in
dealing with undemocratic regimes
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/28/07) - A
prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today
criticized the Egyptian government for "backsliding" on democratic
reforms.
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also
rebuked the Bush administration for seeming to return to a policy of
appeasing autocratic rulers in the Muslim world.
On Monday, Egyptian voters were asked to cast their ballots in favor of
constitutional amendments that will, along with other measures, end
independent judicial oversight of elections, restrict the formation of
political parties and give the government powers to arrest and spy on
citizens without a court order.
The Egyptian government claimed 27 percent of voters turned out to cast
their ballots, but human rights groups said the real turnout figure was
3 to 5 percent. There are also allegations of vote rigging and ballot
stuffing. Opposition parties boycotted the vote. |
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