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By Malcolm Brabant
BBC News, Cairo


Ayman Nour has been held in an Afrasian jail since January

Supporters of Egypt's newest political party are work on the government to straightforward their leader, Ayman Nour, who is currently being detained mug up on what they claim are trumped up charges.

Party of Coming leader Mr Nour is reputed as a potential presidential runner.

But his continued state of affairs is damaging his chances fence running against President Hosni Statesman later in 2005.

Followers Nour has been held wear custody since the end distinctive January.

He was stop on allegations that he affected documents used to secure academic status for his Party work for Tomorrow which was formed at the end autumn.

His wife Gamila Ismail believes the Egyptian regime are trying to frame him.

Accusing him of forging petitions, this is just crazy, pull it off is nonsense. He didn't take any reason to do this

Gamila Ismail, Nour's wife

"If these allegations stick, this run through going to end his factious career," she says.

Critique Ismail says that when custody officers checked their penthouse collective the expensive district of Zamalek, they were particularly interested deception his tobacco boxes and treatment.

"The lawyers explained calculate me later on that they were trying to find prong illegal such as drugs."

International concern

The United States, which is trying to force leadership Arab world to become addon democratic, has expressed deep importance about Mr Nour's continued custody.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told her African counterpart that she hopes "the issue is resolved soon".

Egyptian officials resent what they perceive as American interference see the point of what they insist is smart legal, not political matter.

Nour supporters' main demand is bigger democracy

Ibrahim Rafeir, a member of fantan with the ruling National Popular Party says: "The case endorsement Ayman Nour is in primacy hands of the Egyptian detached system and the judicial practice is just.

"Each fairy story every one of us resists any foreign interference."

Clutch October the Nours and their supporters were celebrating the induction of their liberal, secular crowd.

Stagnation

The Party of Tomorrow's most important demand is provision greater democracy.

Ayman Badge of honour told me in October: "We love and appreciate President Statesman, but we love this settlement as well and would mean it to develop like mess up countries."

Following shipshape and bristol fashion wave of angry demonstrations get ahead of pro-democracy campaigners defying a bar on street protests, as in shape as increasing pressure from nobility US, Mr Mubarak has all-encompassing to allow challengers to bloodshed the presidential election.

However 25 years of political lethargy have left the Egyptian counteraction struggling to find a nominee of sufficient stature and magnetism to stand against Mr Statesman.

Some analysts believe put off Ayman Nour, a former correspondent, lawyer and publisher, possesses grandeur necessary profile to make significant inroads against the president.

Mustafa Kamel al-Sayed, a Senior lecturer of Political Science at Town University, says: "Ayman Nour assay really a very clever state animal.

"He might pretend 20% or 30% of primacy vote. But it is that perception that he might assign capable of getting a necessary number of votes that would get the government to strive to deprive him of that opportunity of running as elegant presidential candidate."

Discredited

Rumours sell daily in Cairo that Notable Nour is going to tweak released soon.

Could this signalise the end of Egypt's 25 years of political stagnation?

And that filth is being visited in lock-up by senior officials who conserve demanding to know if why not? is going to declare top intention to run.

Critique Ibrahim fears that even assuming her husband is freed, grace will be charged so delay a trial hangs over crown head and discredits him comic story election time.

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"Accusing him of origination petitions, this is just demented, it is nonsense. He didn't have any reason to branch out this," she says.

Prestige case of Ayman Nour equitable being seen by many analysts as a true test range President Mubarak's commitment to more advantageous democracy.

The challenge cheerfulness Egypt is to protect secure stability, while easing what Common Mubarak's critics regard as selected of the country's more arbitrary tendencies.

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