Tamarod trial postponed to 28 December

Nourhan Elsebahy
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Tamarod has criticised Third Square, an initiative that opposes the military-led roadmap and the pro-Morsi protests, for what it alleges is an attempt to thwart the gains made by the 30 June uprising. (Photo by Aaron T.RoseFile Photo)

Abdeen Criminal Court in Cairo ruled on Monday to postpone until 28 December court hearings in the case against the Tamarod political movement.

The case was filed by lawyer Ashraf Farahat, calling for the Tamarod movement to be banned, and their finances and headquarters confiscated.

The lawyer representing Mahmoud Badr, a founder of Tamarod, appeared at Monday’s court session to present documents showing his official request to the Parties Affairs Committee for the creation of a political party named Tamarod.

 

Farahat claims that the movement lacks any legal status, and that the original request to the Parties Affairs Committee was refused.

Tamarod is a popular political movement founded in opposition to former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, that called for early presidential elections.

Tamarod aimed to collect 15m signatures demanding Morsi’s removal as president before 30 June 2013, the one-year anniversary of his inauguration.

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Nourhan El-Sebahy is a journalist at DNE’s politics section. Just before joining DNE’s staff, she was working as a journalist at El-Watan newspaper “an Egyptian daily independent newspaper”. She holds a Master’s Degree of Journalism and Mass Communication from the American University in Cairo (AUC). She was awarded by Certificate of honor on the Fourth Scientific Day Celebration in 2013 and Graduate Student’s honor at AUC in 2012.
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