Amal Clooney, the international human rights barrister who made a changed man out of once confirmed bachelor George Clooney, said she risked being arrested in Egypt after she attacked the country’s judicial system for flaws that led to the conviction of three Al Jazeera journalists accused of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood.

Amal Clooney represents one of the journalists now awaiting a retrial.

In February of 2014, she penned a scathing report concerning the country’s policy of allowing government officials to personally select judges and influence prosecution, suggesting at the very least, the Egyptian judicial system was not as independent as it could be.

The report was written before Amal Clooney had even became involved in the case.

She told the Guardian that she was told by officials that the report was so controversial she and her team would risk being arrested if they even attempted to present their findings inside of Egypt.

Amal Clooney described the scenario as such: “They said, ‘Does the report criticise the army, the judiciary, or the government?’ We said, ‘Well, yes.’ They said, ‘Well then, you’re risking arrest.’”

The London-based barrister and activist pegs the conviction of the three Al Jazerra journalists squarely on the still-in-place faults of the Egyptian judicial system, particularly on its propensity to handpick judges.

Meanwhile Egypt is not buying it.

As reported in the Straits Times, the interior ministry spokesman Hani Abdel-Latif said he had questions about the source of the alleged warning, saying Clooney should name exactly who threatened her.

"Why not specify from the start who told her that?" Abdel-Latif said. "We have nothing against her."

"The claims made by Clooney are not true," he said, according to The Middle Eastern Monitor. "She was not threatened with detention and her claims are baseless.'