Mubarak supports an independent judiciary, demonstration clashes
Egypt, Politics, 5/11/2006

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak said he supports an independent Judiciary in the country and is not interested in interfering in the affairs of judiciary, adding he highly appreciates the role of judges.

Mubarak said he hoped that any disagreements among judges would be settled within the judicial family.

An IRIN report said that security forces today broke up demonstration in support of judges seeking judicial independence, and being put on trial for having spoken their views on the recent election violations. Their trial have reportedly been delayed to May 18.

Last week, the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession said that it is "concerned with the conditions of justice and the independence of the Judiciary" and along with, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), it sent a letter to President Mubarak, the Justice Minister Mahmoud Abul-Leil.

The two letters expressed the ICJ's "concern about the conditions of independence of the Judiciary in Egypt, as well as the Commission's concerns about the investigation with judges who are deputies to the head of Egypt's Court of Cassation."

The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession, member of the ICJ, appealed to the ICJ and the UN special Rapporteur "on the independence of the Judiciary after having appealed to the Egyptian government to seek to guarantee the independence of the Judiciary with the relevant authorities and entities in Egypt" and immediately ending the investigation with the following deputies of the head of the Court of Cassation:
Counselor Ahmed Makki, deputy to the head of the Court of Cassation,
Counselor Mahmoud Makki, deputy to the head of the Court of Cassation,
Counselor Mahmoud al-Khodeiri, deputy to the head of the Court of Cassation,
Counselor Hesham al-Bastawissi, deputy to the head of the Court of Cassation,
Counselor Assem Abdel-Jabbar, deputy to the head of the Court of Cassation,
Counselor Yehia Galal, deputy to the head of the Court of Cassation,
Counselor Nagy Derbala, deputy to the head of the Court of Cassation

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) works towards giving priority to the application of international laws that strengthen human rights' principles. Its concerns are independence, objectivitiy and resorting to the law to protect and propagate human rights through supporting the principle of the rule of law based on equality and neutrality.

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