Monday, 5 April 2010
An Egyptian court has ordered the release on bail of 16 senior members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, the group has said.
The men were arrested in February and accused of forming a "terrorist group" and plotting against the government.
It is not yet clear when the 16 will be released. In the past, the government has used the country's emergency laws to override similar court decisions.
The Muslim Brotherhood is the country's largest opposition movement.
A verdict in the case against the 16 men has not been reached.
The organization denies the allegations made against its members and says it wants to achieve an Islamic state in Egypt by peaceful means.
Among those detained is Muslim Brotherhood deputy leader Mahmud Ezzat.
The son of another detainee told the AFP news agency he was expecting his father to be given bail, but that the order had not been carried out because of a public holiday.
The Muslim Brotherhood gets around a ban on opposition parties by running independent candidates in elections to Egypt's parliament.
Members are frequently detained and their homes raided.
Source: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8603401.stm.
An Egyptian court has ordered the release on bail of 16 senior members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, the group has said.
The men were arrested in February and accused of forming a "terrorist group" and plotting against the government.
It is not yet clear when the 16 will be released. In the past, the government has used the country's emergency laws to override similar court decisions.
The Muslim Brotherhood is the country's largest opposition movement.
A verdict in the case against the 16 men has not been reached.
The organization denies the allegations made against its members and says it wants to achieve an Islamic state in Egypt by peaceful means.
Among those detained is Muslim Brotherhood deputy leader Mahmud Ezzat.
The son of another detainee told the AFP news agency he was expecting his father to be given bail, but that the order had not been carried out because of a public holiday.
The Muslim Brotherhood gets around a ban on opposition parties by running independent candidates in elections to Egypt's parliament.
Members are frequently detained and their homes raided.
Source: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8603401.stm.
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