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Longtime Egyptian Opposition Leader Ayman Nour Barred from Presidential Election

HeadlineOct 17, 2011

Longtime Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour has been barred from running in Egypt’s upcoming presidential election expected to take place in 2013. A Cairo court ruled him ineligible because of a controversial forgery conviction. Nour was charged with the crime in 2005 ahead of his run against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Pro-democracy activists have criticized the exclusion of Nour at a time when former members of Mubarak’s National Democratic Party have been allowed to register unimpeded for parliamentary elections.

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