Egyptian court orders release of dual U.S.-Egyptian national who was arrested upon her arrival at Cairo airport, head of Washington-based rights group says.
February 20, 2020, 7:57 AMCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.court on Wednesday ordered the release of a dual U.S.-Egyptian national who was arrested upon her arrival at the Cairo airport in July 2019, the head of a Washington-based rights group said.
Desouky was detained at the Cairo airport during a visit to her family six months ago. She was accused of running aSoltan told ABC News that U.S. pressure on Egyptian authorities following last month’s death of Mustafa Kassem, another U.S. citizen who died in detention after a lengthy hunger strike, appeared to have paid off.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi addresses the opening of the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 9, 2020. Moustafa Hamed, Desouky's 13-year-old son, was briefly detained with his mother at the airport before being released 11 hours later. In an emotional video posted on social media more than a month following Desouky’s arrest, he pleaded with U.S. president Donald Trump to help free her. Egypt has made no comments on the case.
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