Amal Clooney says Egyptian officials threatened her with arrest after she wrote a critical report on the country’s judicial system.
The human rights barrister told the Guardian that three jailed al Jazeera journalists who are awaiting a retrial were convicted after identifying the same flaws that she highlighted.
Mrs Clooney, who represents one of the trio, said: “When I went to launch the report, first of all they stopped us from doing it in Cairo…
“They said: ‘Does the report criticise the army, the judiciary, or the government?’ We said: ‘Well, yes.’ They said: ‘Well then, you’re risking arrest’.”
The report, compiled on behalf of the International Bar Association, said Egypt’s judicial system was not as independent as it could be.
Among its recommendations were that the practice which allows Egyptian officials to handpick judges for certain politicised cases be ended… see more
source: skynews
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