{"id":36583,"date":"2024-02-08T14:03:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T12:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/?p=36583"},"modified":"2024-02-08T14:03:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T12:03:37","slug":"release-of-academic-wael-abdelrahim-after-being-arrested-in-the-cairo-airport-and-detained-pending-the-case-for-9-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-updates-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/02\/08\/36583-afteegypt.html","title":{"rendered":"Release of academic Wael Abdelrahim after being arrested in the Cairo airport and detained pending the case for 9 months\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>7 February 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release academic Wael Abdelrahim Muhammad Hussein, who is accused in Case No. 325 of 2023 (State Security <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Issue<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) of participating in a terrorist group and funding that group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This decision was issued on the same day that the Criminal Court (First Circuit) renewed the defendant\u2019s imprisonment for 45 days at a session on February 7, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The accused was arrested on the 14th of May, 2023, from Cairo Airport. He was investigated on the same day and then detained pending the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wael Abdel Rahim is a member of the Constitution Party and works as an assistant professor at Stanford University in the United States. He was born in 1975 in Menoufia Governorate<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 February 2024\u00a0 The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release academic Wael Abdelrahim Muhammad Hussein, who is accused in Case No. 325 of 2023 (State Security Issue) of participating in a terrorist group and funding that group. 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