Two have been ordered released from custody because they have
served the maximum two years in detention. But the former finance minister
Youssef Boutros-Ghali has been given another 25-year sentence, on top of the
30-year sentence he is already serving, in absentia (he is living in London).
The Cairo Criminal Court acquitted the former housing minister
Mohamed Ibrahim Soliman on charges of illegally allocating land for the Six of
October Development and Investment Company (SODIC). He was ordered released from
custody pending a re-trial. The former tourism minister Zuhair Garana has also
been ordered released from custody.
The Cairo representative of the former Libyan regime, Ahmed
Gaddafadam, has been charged with attempted murder while resisting arrest. The
charges will delay any attempt by the current authorities in Tripoli to secure
his extradition to face charges in Libya.
The authorities have ordered the detention of seven people for
belonging to the Black Bloc, a group of street activists opposed to President
Morsi who dress all in black and wear black masks. It is unclear how much
support they enjoy.
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