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Can an American activist sue Egypt’s ex-PM? Torture suit a test of diplomatic immunity

Mohamed Soltan’s lawsuit against the former interim prime minister of Egypt has thrust the longstanding practice of diplomatic immunity into the spotlight.
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A US citizen seeking his day in court must first convince the judge that the man he accuses of orchestrating his torture in Egypt should not be immune from prosecution. 

Former Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi is named as the defendant in a recent lawsuit filed in the US District Court in the District of Columbia by human rights activist Mohamed Soltan. 

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