Police Beat Crowds Backing Egypt's Judges

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Friday, May 12. 2006

Police Beat Crowds Backing Egypt's Judges

President Hosni Mubarak's government dispatched thousands of riot police to central Cairo on Thursday to silence demonstrators intent on showing support for judges demanding independence from the president. The police clubbed men and women trying to demonstrate as well as half a dozen journalists. Egypt's 7,000 judges have also called for the right to be the sole monitor of elections.

Egypt's universally praised democracy reforms were a sham, like much of what is reported about the Middle East.

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