Abdullah Hamed - Cairo
The Egyptian authorities returned Muhammad al-Qassas, the deputy head of the powerful Egypt Party, to prison again, on charges of organizing political meetings in his prison, although he was held in solitary confinement throughout the last period.
Al-Qassas had obtained a release in the case he was being tried for spreading false news and helping a "terrorist" group to achieve its goals, and the prosecution appealed the decision, and he was returned to his prison.
Lawyers for the Arabic Network for Human Rights said that it was decided today to postpone the investigation of retribution to the December 15 session.
The accusations include that Al-Qisas organized meetings in his prison despite his incarceration for 22 months, when the authorities arrested him in February last year, and his money was seized.
The retribution of his punishment for his imprisonment angered the activists of Al-Tawasul site, as well as their ridicule of organizing political meetings inside the prison. Some of them demanded that the prison guards and his administration be investigated for facilitating those meetings.