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Monday, 5 June 2017

Safwan Thabet, Moustafa Sakr, Aboutrika named in terror watchlist

Safwan Thabet, Moustafa Sakr, Aboutrika named in terror watchlist: Juhayna Chairman Safwan Thabet, retired football hero Mohamed Aboutrika, and Moustafa Sakr (chairman of Business News, which publishes Al Borsa and Daily News Egypt) were among 1,537 people named in a terrorist watchlist compiled by state security and ratified by a Cairo Criminal Court. The list was published in the Official Gazette yesterday and picked up by the local press. The 22-page list also includes former president Mohamed Morsi, Ikhwan supreme guide Mohamed Badie, and Islamist businessthug Hassan Malek.

El Deeb to defend Aboutrika? Prominent criminal defense attorney Farid El Deeb said in an interview with Al Masry Al Youm last Friday that he would defend Aboutrika. He also dished out details on the Mubaraks, telling the newspaper that Gamal Mubarak has no intention to run for office. He added that Hosni Mubarak does not regret anything he has done in the past. Al Arabiya has the excepts on the Mubarak part of the interview in English.

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