On Thursday, Egypt’s Prosecution Office recommended Cairo Criminal Court’s decision to list the retired Ahly football star Mohamed Aboutrika and 1,527 other people, including leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, on the country’s terror list for a period of five years. Aboutrika denied involvement with the group and appealed twice, before a higher court annulled the ruling in 2016. However, he was still placed on the terror list in 2017 by the Cairo Criminal Court. The 2017 court ruling also included businessman Safwan Thabet, the assistant of former-president Mohamed Morsi, Pakinam al-Sharqawy, journalist Mustafa Saqr, former judge Walid Sharaby, and a number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders. Under Egyptian law, anyone placed on the terror list is subject to having their assets frozen, as well as a travel ban.

Source: Egypt Independent March 11, 2021 11:48 UTC