{"id":61918,"date":"2012-11-25T14:40:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T14:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=61918"},"modified":"2012-11-25T14:40:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T14:40:32","slug":"egypts-most-senior-judges-have-condemned-president-unprecedented-assault-on-the-independence-of-the-judiciary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/egypts-most-senior-judges-have-condemned-president-unprecedented-assault-on-the-independence-of-the-judiciary\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt&#8217;s Most Senior Judges Have Condemned President &#8211; &#8216;Unprecedented Assault&#8217; On The Independence Of The Judiciary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Egypt&#8217;s most senior judges have condemned President\u00a0Mohamed Morsi\u00a0for granting himself sweeping new powers which they say amount to an &#8216;unprecedented assault&#8217; on the independence of the judiciary.The supreme judicial council said work would be suspended in all courts and prosecution offices until the decree passed by the president earlier this week was reversed.&#8221; the Guardian reports.<\/p>\n<p>Read it full <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/nov\/24\/egypt-judges-condemn-mohamed-morsi-powers\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/egypts-most-senior-judges-have-condemned-president-unprecedented-assault-on-the-independence-of-the-judiciary\/egypt-morsi-power-grab\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61919\" title=\"egypt-morsi-power-grab\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/egypt-morsi-power-grab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/egypt-morsi-power-grab.jpg 569w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/egypt-morsi-power-grab-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Egypt\u2019s most senior judges have condemned President Mohamed Morsi for granting himself sweeping new powers which they say amount to an \u201cunprecedented assault\u201d on the independence of the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8aQapHxEb64<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":61919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3402],"tags":[6689,6688],"class_list":["post-61918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-editors-choice","tag-unprecedented-assault-on-the-independence-of-the-judiciary","tag-egypts-most-senior-judges-have-condemned-president"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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