Egypt - Searching for Justice

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Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Claire Read has spent the last six months following a court case in Egypt and trying to get to grips with how the country's justice system operates under the government of President Sisi.

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0:00.0	This is a BBC Podcast.
0:02.4	You can get all our podcasts and our terms of use
0:05.0	at BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts.
0:11.9	A courthouse in Cairo, where families are jostling
0:15.0	to see their relatives.
0:17.6	Thousands of people have been arrested
0:19.4	since the military took over in July 2013.
0:24.2	I'm Claire Reed, and this is assignment
0:26.3	on the BBC World Service.
0:28.8	Over the last year, a series of measures,
0:31.6	which many regard as draconian,
0:33.9	have been introduced by the Egyptian government
0:36.2	restricting freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
0:40.3	The government argues that it's fighting terrorism,
0:43.5	but campaigners accuse it of rough justice.
0:52.5	Over the last six months,
0:54.3	I've been following a court case
0:56.2	to see how the wheels of the Egyptian justice system turn.
1:00.1	The Egyptian judicial system is breaking the law.
1:03.5	The judges and the prosecution are partners
1:06.3	with the police in all the violation
1:08.2	that's happening around Egypt.
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