Egyptian court supports the custody of funds of detainees in the "cell hope"

Mohamed Seif El Din - Cairo

An Egyptian court has upheld a decision by the Public Prosecution to prevent 83 people from disposing of their property or management and travel ban in case No. 930 of 2019, known as the Hope Cell, according to a rights source for Al Jazeera Net.

The source explained that the decision issued by the South Cairo Court was limited to the accounts, money and property of the accused only, and did not include their families, as is the case in most political cases.

The same source said that the defense of the defendants will appeal against the decision after three months of the sentence in accordance with the article specified in the law, after reviewing the documents on the judgment.

On July 22, the Egyptian Supreme State Security Prosecution in Egypt renewed the detention of five politicians and activists detained in the case known as the "Hope Cell" for 15 days.

On June 25, Egyptian authorities announced the arrest of journalists Hossam Mounes, Hisham Fuad Abdel Halim, former parliamentarian Ziyad al-Alimi, economic researcher Omar al-Shaniti, activist Mustafa Abdel Moez, Usama al-Akbawi, one of the founders of the Istiqlal party, The current MP Ahmad Tantawi, in addition to the famous Islamic preacher Khaled Abu Shadi, who disappeared forcibly for nearly a month and then appeared on the case on the same day.

Prosecutors have charged them, often with political opponents, of "joining a terrorist group established contrary to the provisions of the law, financing the group to help them carry out its purposes, coordinating with the members of the fugitive group to fight and overthrow the state, the use of social media to incite against the state, The provisions of the Constitution and laws, and to prevent State institutions from carrying out their work ".

The volume of funds seized by the Egyptian state in cases with a political dimension amounted to more than 300 billion pounds, according to pro-regime spokesman Ahmed Moussa last year.

In May, the Committee for the Custody, Management and Disposal of Terrorist Groups' Funds concluded that it had completed the preparation of the second list (comprising 600 individuals) of the leaders of the imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood and the third and fourth grade leaders of the group, in preparation for a request to the Court for urgent matters to confiscate funds and property These names.