Thu Apr 22, 2010
Five members of Egypt's main opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood have been charged with money laundering and raising funds abroad.
According to an order by the Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, the Muslim Brotherhood activists will be tried by a State Security Emergency Court.
Four of the suspects were charged in absentia and only one of them was present during the court session.
One of the charges that the suspects are facing is raising money for the Muslim Brotherhood through holding conferences in England purported to be intended for Islamic charity organizations.
The government has been facing a rising tide of calls for democratic reforms. The Brotherhood remains the most organized opposition, with thousands of members and a fifth of the seats in parliament.
Since the group's dramatic wins in the 2005 elections, the government has carried out a series of crackdowns, targeting the group's top leadership and its funding resources.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/124051.html.
Five members of Egypt's main opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood have been charged with money laundering and raising funds abroad.
According to an order by the Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, the Muslim Brotherhood activists will be tried by a State Security Emergency Court.
Four of the suspects were charged in absentia and only one of them was present during the court session.
One of the charges that the suspects are facing is raising money for the Muslim Brotherhood through holding conferences in England purported to be intended for Islamic charity organizations.
The government has been facing a rising tide of calls for democratic reforms. The Brotherhood remains the most organized opposition, with thousands of members and a fifth of the seats in parliament.
Since the group's dramatic wins in the 2005 elections, the government has carried out a series of crackdowns, targeting the group's top leadership and its funding resources.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/124051.html.
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