Cassation Court approves listing 13 MB defendants to terror list

CAIRO – 22 April 2018: Egypt's Court of Cassation rejected on Sunday an appeal submitted by 13 defendants over their placement on the terror list for their involvement in the case known as “Qualitative Committees”, and approved the rule of the listing.

The defendants include Abdallah Shehata, economic advisor of the ousted president Mohamed Morsi.

Public prosecutions accused the defendants of a number of charges, including possession of firearms, distributing inciting leaflets, joining a group established contrary to the law, and violating the personal freedoms of citizens.

Qualitative committees is an organization established contrary to the provisions of law, to prevent state institutions and public authorities from carrying out their duties, and from violating the personal freedoms of citizens; this incident took place from the beginning of 2014 until March 28, 2016.

The Muslim Brotherhood was designated as a terrorist group in 2013 after committing several terrorist attacks to destabilize Egypt and incite interior chaos.