Criminal Court reaffirms Muslim Brotherhood status as a terrorist organization for five years

El-Sayed Gamal El-Din , Wednesday 4 Dec 2024

A Cairo Criminal Court ruling has reaffirmed listing the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization for five years.

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File Photo: A view of the High Court of Justice in Cairo, Egypt. Photo courtesy of Egypt Justice webstie.

 

The decision, based on the Public Prosecution's request under Case Nos. 2 and 7 of 2024, also included adding 15 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members to Egypt's terrorism lists for the same duration. The ruling will be published in the Official Gazette.

The individuals listed as terrorists include Yahya El-Sayed Moussa, Ali Ahmed Bateekh, Gehad Essam El-Haddad, Ahmed Abu Baraka, Ahmed Bayoumi Sabra, Mohamed Ahmed Abdo Ahmed, Hassanein Shaaban Shady, Adel Fathy Abu Zeid Suleiman, Mohamed Hassan El-Sayed Ahmed, Amin El-Sayed Amin Kandil, Ahmed Mohamed Amin, Mohamed Abdullah Abdel Halim Ali Hussein, Khaled Tarek Hassan Fouad, Mohamed Abdel Hakim Mohamed Abdel Rahman Arab, and Mohamed Farhat Abu El-Soud.

Since 2013, the MB has been banned and designated a terrorist group by a court ruling for its involvement in terrorist activities that threatened Egypt's national security.

In a related development, a Cairo appeal court decided to remove Safaa Shebl Mohamed Saoudi's name from the terrorist and terrorist entities lists.

The court also ordered the annulment of all associated legal consequences.

In late November, an Egyptian criminal court approved the Public Prosecution's request to remove 716 individuals from terrorism lists after they ceased all unlawful activities against the state and its institutions.

The Public Prosecution stated that the decision was based on investigations it ordered. According to these investigations, security agencies reviewed the status of those listed and determined that the 716 individuals had ended their involvement in terrorist activities.

The prosecution further noted that those remaining on the lists are under review. Plans are also in place to delist others who have similarly discontinued participation in such acts.

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