The largest in the history of Egypt .. a campaign that raises 37 million pounds to save two young men from execution in Saudi Arabia

A campaign launched by a youth in Minya Governorate in Egypt managed to raise 37 million pounds in just 12 days, with the aim of saving the lives of two Egyptian youths who were sentenced to death inside Saudi lands.

Mahmoud Shakal, founder of the campaign and son of Minya Governorate, said that he launched an initiative to collect 37 million Egyptian pounds, equivalent to 7.5 million Saudi riyals, which is the value of the blood money for two Egyptian youths sentenced to death inside Saudi lands, at 3.5 million riyals for the first Egyptian, who is called Ahmed Al-Mansi. (29 years), a son of the Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, and 4 million riyals for blood money. The second accused is called Muhammad Hassan (34 years), from the Menoufia governorate, to stop and freeze the retribution sentence.

The founder of the initiative thanked the Egyptians residing abroad, explaining that the number of participants in the initiative amounted to about 20,000 people, in addition to other nationalities and the participation of some investment institutions inside the Kingdom.

Mahmoud Shakal explained that the two Egyptian youths each spent more than 5 years in Saudi prisons, and that he had contacted Saudi officials to offer blood money instead of execution to the families of the victims, which was set at 7.5 million Saudi riyals.

The founder of the initiative added that the last 36 hours were the most difficult during the journey to collect the blood money, and that he and his team succeeded in communicating with public figures within the Gulf countries, through intermediaries who gain their trust, which made them participate in the initiative with large sums that worked to finish collecting the amount within only 12 days .

He stressed that with the departure of the two young men, Mohamed Hassan and Ahmed Al-Mansi, the list of prisoners whom he and his team participated in liberating reached 98 of the Egyptians working abroad.

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