Ministerial decree overturned

BY RANIA AL MALKY Cairo: An administrative court Tuesday suspended a justice ministry decree allowing officers, non-commissioned officers of military intelligence and military police to conduct judicial arrest of civilians. Decree No. 4991 for the year 2012, which was passed earlier this month, was challenged by five human rights organizations which described it as “worse than the state of emergency.” The decree would have allowed military officers to illegally arrest civilians and subject them to military trial for such vague crimes as “resisting the rulers” and “non-compliance with their orders” as well as “verbal abuse” directed at them. It also…