(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 9 December 1998 EOHR press release on the occasion of the release on bail of the organisation’s lawyer, Mustafa Zidan: **Updates IFEX alerts of 7 December, 4 December and 3 December 1998** Wednesday, 9 December 1998 Press Release The High State Security Prosecution releases EOHR Lawyer Mustafa Zidan on […]
(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 9 December 1998 EOHR press release on the
occasion of the release on bail of the organisation’s lawyer, Mustafa Zidan:
**Updates IFEX alerts of 7 December, 4 December and 3 December 1998**
Wednesday, 9 December 1998
Press Release
The High State Security Prosecution releases
EOHR Lawyer Mustafa Zidan on bail
Today, Wednesday 9 December 1998, the High State Security Prosecution
ordered the release of EOHR lawyer Mustafa Zidan on a LE 200 bail. He was
interrogated under Article 80D of the Penal Code about charges of
disseminating false information with the purpose of harming Egypt’s national
interests.
Zidan appeared before the prosecution today at noon to be questioned in
connection with case 945/1998-Higher State Security. Many lawyers attended
the interrogations with Zidan.
On 2 December 1998, Mustafa Zidan was summoned by the Higher State Security
Prosecution for his role in gathering information for EOHR’s report on the
events of Al-Kosheh. On 6 December, following the release of EOHR secretary
general Hafez Abu Seada on a LE 500 bail, the first attorney general of the
Higher State Prosecution urged that lawyer Mustafa Zidan be brought for
questioning.
The EOHR highly appreciates the solidarity shown by all civil society
organizations and human rights activists at the local, regional and
international levels, as well as by all national and democratic forces. It
also commends their stances and awareness of the ongoing campaign to tarnish
the reputation of the EOHR and other human rights organizations in order to
undermine their role and remove their existence. The EOHR reaffirms its firm
stance in defense of human rights and basic freedoms.
