Rights organisations allowed to monitor Egypt university elections

Ahram Online, Tuesday 22 Mar 2011

Minister of education specifies that rights organisations can monitor Egypt university's student union elections

Minister of Higher Education Amr Salama has agreed to allow civil society and rights organisations to monitor student union elections at all state universities planned for Thursday.

The mechanisms of monitoring were discussed by Salama in detail on Friday with two rights lawyers.

Meanwhile, election campaigns at the universities have intensified. 

 

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