An episode (7/10/2020) of "From Washington" program discussed the expected effects on the lawsuit filed by Mohamed Sultan on former Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawy, who is currently a member of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund, and resides in the United States, where he contributed to Egypt granted several loans from the fund, the last of which was 5 billion and 200 million dollars.
Lawyer Eric Lewis explained that the lawsuit filed before the American judiciary is a civil lawsuit aimed at compensating for damages, and it gives the right to hold the Egyptian officials involved in the lawsuit, including Al-Beblawy, accountable to the American judiciary, not arrest them.
Lewis added that the United States will affirm its anti-torture values, defend its citizens and conquer human rights, noting that Egyptian-American relations will continue - despite this - because they are based on major strategic interests.
For his part, political science professor Khalil Al-Anani considered that the American administrations efforts to protect American citizens of weak Egyptian origins, citing the death of one of these detainees in Egyptian prisons last January, which is unprecedented, in addition to the presence of about 8 of them are still Sitting in Egyptian prisons. Al-Anani attributed the weak American efforts to the existence of the interests of the American administration with the Egyptian regime.
For his part, political analyst Tawfiq Hamid said that the human rights file under the administration of US President Donald Trump is not a priority.