US rejects federal lawsuit against Egypt’s former PM

CAIRO - 19 July 2020: The State Department has rejected a lawsuit filed by American citizen Mohamed Soltan against Executive Director for Arab Republic of Egypt at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and former Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi over charges of torture, WAshington Post reported on Friday.

The US department stated that Beblawi is immune againsgt federal lawsuits due to his position at the IMF.

Soltan, son of a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, was arrested in 2013 and was charged of inciting violence. In 2015, he was released after he renounced the Egyptian citizenship.