Mohamed Elbeltagy (Arabic: محمد البلتاجي; born 1963) is an Egyptian physician, professor at Al-Azhar university and Muslim Brotherhood politician.[1] He was a Member of Parliament from 2005 to 2010 and 2011 to 2012, and constitute assembly 2012. Currently the general secretary of the Freedom and Justice Party.[2]
Biography
editHe was on board the MV Mavi Marmara during the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid.[3]
After the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, prosecutors ordered Elbeltagy's arrest on 10 July 2013.[4] On 14 July 2013 Egypt's military-appointed prosecutor general Hisham Barakat ordered Elbeltagy's assets to be frozen.[5]
Mohamed Elbeltagy's 17-year-old daughter Asmaa Elbeltagy was killed when the Egyptian security forces stormed two protest camps occupied by supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo. She was shot in the back and chest.[6]
Elbeltagy was arrested on 29 August 2013 by security forces in Giza.[7] On 29 October 2013, a three-judge panel at Cairo Criminal Court stepped down from the proceedings, citing "uneasiness" over the trial.[8] On 7 December 2013, Cairo's Criminal Court refused to return a verdict and recused itself in a case involving Elbeltagy and Safwat Hegazi citing "embarrassment" as a reason for its decision.[9] On 11 December 2013, a second panel of judges withdrew from the trial.[10] On 21 April 2015, a guilty verdict was returned against ELbeltagy over violence against protesters, and he was sentenced along with former President Mohamed Morsi and several other Muslim Brotherhood leaders to 20 years in prison.[11] Elbeltagy had sentenced in 6 other cases to between 3 and 25 years in prison. In 2021 criminal court sentenced him with 11 others to death penalty.[12]
Mohamed Elbeltagy's son Anas Beltagy arrested on 30 December 2013. Courts acquitted him in several cases, but he still detained on remand till today for almost 10 years.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Egypt lets Muslim Brotherhood MPs into Gaza". Reuters. 8 June 2010.
- ^ Mohamed Al-Beltagy, Jadaliyya
- ^ "StackPath". dailynewsegypt.com.
- ^ "Prosecution orders arrest of leading Brotherhood members". Ahram Online. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ "Asset freeze for Islamist leaders goes into action". Egypt Independent. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Beltagy's daughter killed as Rabea protesters hold their ground | Mada Masr". Archived from the original on 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ^ "StackPath". www.dailynewsegypt.com.
- ^ "Judges in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood trial quit".
- ^ "Judges recuse themselves in case against Islamist figures Elbeltagy, Hegazy - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online". english.ahram.org.eg.
- ^ "Second judging panel withdraws from Brotherhood trial - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online". english.ahram.org.eg.
- ^ Chappell, Bill (21 April 2015). "Egypt's Former President Morsi Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison". National Public Radio. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Egypt: Commute Death Sentences for Rab'a Protestors | Human Rights Watch". 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ "The son of a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt, Anas El-Beltagy, has disappeared despite being found not guilty of charges of inciting violence". Middle east monitor.
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