Ayman Nour

Aiman ​​Nur ( Arabic أيمن نور Aiman ​​Nūr; alternative transcriptions Ayman Nour or Eiman Nour, born 1964 in al - Mansura ) is an Egyptian politician and long-time Chairman of the Party al - Ghad ( the morning), the lower house of the Egyptian seven 454 mandates was represented. Since 2012 he is the spokesman of the new conference party.

Life

1985 graduated Aiman ​​Only at the Faculty of Law, al - Mansura University, he earned a Masters in Political History and a Ph.D. in international law. On 27 October 2004, he founded his party in the morning.

Only was arrested on 29 January 2005. His party has been accused of falsification of documents for admission to the 2005 general election, the party itself spoke of an invention within the scope of political debate. The United States exercised after the arrest of pressure on Egypt to be democratic open: in the then U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in February a trip to Egypt from, called Nour a ' prisoner of freedom ' and urged the Egyptian government to finally see the encrusted to reform the system.

In March 2005, a delegation of members of the European Parliament in Cairo, led by one of its Vice - President Edward McMillan -Scott (UK, Conservative Party ), to press for his release. Was on March 12, 2005 Only six weeks released from the prison in Cairo after his arrest, on bail of 1,300 euros converted.

The Egyptian election commission had to Aiman ​​Only next nine other candidates for the first presidential election in Egypt with several candidates in September 2005. When choosing Just got official figures as the best candidate of the opposition to 7.3 percent of the vote. Only 23 percent of eligible voters took part in the election, which was marred by numerous reports of manipulation.

On 24 December 2005 he was sentenced to 5 years in prison because he allegedly falsified documents to establish his party. The judgment has been criticized from many sides. Aiman ​​only appealed against that judgment appealed and entered into a two-week hunger strike despite his diabetes disease.

The 'White House Press Secretary ' was on the same day following press release out:

The United States is deeply troubled by the conviction today of Egyptian politician Ayman Nour by at Egyptian court. The conviction of Mr. Nour, the runner-up in Egypt 's 2005 presidential elections, calls into question Egypt 's commitment to democracy, freedom, and the rule of law. We are so disturbed by reports did Mr. Nour 's health Has seriously DECLINED due to the hunger strike on Which He Has embarked in protest of the conditions of his trial and detention. The United States calls upon the Egyptian government to act under the laws of Egypt in the spirit of its professed desire for Increased political openness and dialogue within Egyptian society, and out of humanitarian concern, to release Mr. Nour from detention.

On 18 February 2009, he was dismissed, according to the Prosecutor General of Egypt for health reasons from prison. He suffers from diabetes and heart problems.

Only in 2012 was planning to run as a candidate for the presidential election. However, it was mid-April, less than a month before the election, ruled by the Electoral Commission. A current law states that former prisoners for six years not allowed to compete in an election after serving their sentences or pardon.

Views

Following his release from prison he has participated in a memorial service for Egyptian troops who fought against Israel in 1948, during which he allegedly made ​​anti-Semitic remarks. This he later denied in a written in English, articles, by declaring that his criticism was directed against Israel as a whole and not against the Jewish people. According to an Egyptian blogger report he has this clarification, in particular the statement that he supported the Israeli- Egyptian peace treaty, denied later against the Egyptian public again.

After his release, he announced to want to do anymore. However, he had a multi-year employment ban as a politician.

On 25 January 2011 began in Egypt mass protests that led to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on February 11, 2011. According to a newspaper report from New Germany (2011) considers that the peace treaty with Israel must now be renegotiated Only.