Egypt s Presidential Pardon Committee announced on Monday that it is working to finalise measures to release 31 prisoners held on remand by the security agencies. The committee stressed that it will.
Monday, 18 January, 2021 - 09:15
In this file photo, Egyptian security forces stand guard outside a court in Cairo, Egypt, January 3, 2018. Reuters Cairo - Mohammed Nabil Helmi
An Egyptian court on Sunday ordered the seizure of assets of 89 members and leaders of the banned Muslim Brotherhood and their transfer to the public treasury.
The Court for Urgent Matters targeted in its verdict former president Mohammed Morsi, Brotherhood’s supreme guide Mohamed Badie, his deputy Khairat al-Shater and former legislator Mohamed Beltagy.
Among the other most prominent jailed figures are preacher Safwat Hegazi, Mufti Abdel Rahman al-Barr, as well as leaders Mohsen Rady, Asaad El Sheikha, and others.