Brotherhood member released despite terrorism charges

CAIRO -15 August 2017: The Muslim Brotherhood’s leading member Abdel Rahman Ezz was briefly detained by the International Police (Interpol) at Berlin Schoenefeld Airport on Tuesday, but was released shortly after broadcasting live Facebook videos.

This came after an arrest warrant was sent by the Egyptian Interior Minister to the Interpol.

Ezz posted a video on his Facebook account asking the human rights organizations and global media to intervene to help save him.

A verdict against Ezz was issued in Egypt, where he was sentenced to 20 years in prison and placed under police surveillance for five years. Ezz is charged with inciting violence, burning police stations, imprisoning and torturing 49 detainees during the Ethadya events.

Ezz was one of the founders of the April 6 movement in 2008. He also participated in violent acts after the revolution, most notably the events of Mohammed Mahmoud, as well as the events of the Ethyada. On social media, Ezz also incited murder and violence.

Ezz worked as a reporter for the Muslim Brotherhood affiliated Rassd news network, and a TV presenter for Muslim Brotherhood TV channel 25.

“Bless the hands that shed the blood of my military,” he said in reference to terrorists’ attacks targeting the Egyptian army.

In June 2015, Al Jazeera TV anchorman Ahmed Mansour was also arrested in Germany. Major General Khalid Abu Zein. However, Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood group intervened to pressure the German government and he was later released.