Sudanese detained citizen to be extradited home: Egypt

CAIRO - 4 October 2019: Egyptian authorities decided to extradite Sudanese citizen Walid Abdel Rahman Hassan Suleiman, who was arrested during anti-government protests on September 20, to Sudan, said Egyptian Foreign ministry in a statement on Friday.

"A decree was issued on Friday 4/10/2019, to extradite the Sudanese citizen / Walid Abdel Rahman Hassan Suleiman - who was previously arrested and questioned pending one of the cases - to the Sudanese authorities, after legalizing all measures taken against him by the Supreme State Security Prosecution in the Arab Republic of Egypt," the statement read.

"This step reflects to which extent cooperation exists between the executive bodies of both countries and their keenness to consolidate the values of tolerance and fraternity between the two peoples of the Nile Valley," the statement added.

On Thursday, Egypt’s prosecution has released number of the foreigners who were detained during the anti-government protests.

According to a Thursday statement issued by the general prosecution, releasing those foreigners came per their embassies request from the Egyptian authorities, pledging that they will be departed from the country shortly after releasing them.

The foreigners were accused with cooperation with the out-lowed Muslim Brotherhood group to destabilize the country’s security and creating chaotic statues.

Earlier, Jordanian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Sofian al-Qudah issued a statement saying that, the Egyptian authorities released two Jordanians, were detained during anti-government protests on September 20.

“The Egyptian authorities released Jordanian citizens, Abdel Rahman Hussein al-Rawajbeh and Thaer Matar, who were arrested in Cairo 10 days ago,” al-Qudah said.

The two Jordanian citizens were among six foreigners detained during rare protests staged against President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on September 24, 2019. TV presenter Amr Adib broadcast a video he acquired from the arrested individuals, showing their passports and video-taped confessions. That was during an episode of his Talk Show “Al Hekaya” on MBC Misr. The foreigners arrested include two Jordanians, two Turkish, a Palestinian, and a Dutch.

The T.V. host said that the arrested people confessed conspiring against Egypt. However, Qudah told Jordanian radio program "Al-Qakil" that the Egyptian authorities did not interrogate the Jordanian citizens.

On September 26, 2019, Egypt's Attorney General Hamada al-Sawi ordered investigations into the protests that have been witnessed in some governorates, aiming to stand on the reasons behind these protests, and the demands of the marchers.

According to the prosecution decree, more than 1,000 have been investigated.

Dozens of arrested people were released without being interrogated in Alexandria and Giza, according human rights organizations said on Wednesday.

Egypt has witnessed rare and small demonstrations in April 2015, when dozens of people demonstrated against handing over the two islands of Tiran and Sanafir at the Aqaba Gulf to Saudi Arabia.

Additional Reporting by Noha El Tawil