November 4th, 2010 by Evan

Al Jazeera reports that Egyptian security officials rejected registration applications from a group of Muslim Brotherhood candidates on Wednesday. Of the 132 applications members filed at police stations across the country, over 35% were thrown out by officials. The candidates will have a chance to resubmit their applications before the November 5 deadline, but Muslim Brotherhood leaders expressed concern that authorities will continue to use Egypt’s complex registration system to limit the number of Brotherhood candidates participating in the election: “‘It is just another way to impede the electoral process, to prevent nominees from exercising their right to run. The papers of those who are unfavourable to the state then disappear,’” Sayid Gadallah, a lawyer and Brotherhood candidate, told Al Jazeera.

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