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Activist campaign cites 'intentionally exaggerated' bail levels for arrested protesters An Egyptian grassroots campaign releases a report accusing the General Prosecution of punishing protesters by exaggerating bail orders
An Egyptian grassroots activist campaign called "Where are my rights, state?" released a report Saturday citing "intentionally exaggerated" bail levels ordered for protesters arrested during the past 80 days and released. The report calculated the total amount of bail ordered between 28 January and 17 April at over one million Egyptian pounds covering 2000 people arrested in protests. "There is a clear intention of the prosecution to order provocatively exaggerated bails during investigations as a means of punishment and financial attrition on detained protesters," the report said. "While on the other hand, we see Mubarak-era symbols released one after the other without bail after [courts accepted] their appeals," it continued. Activists have protested the release of a number of former Mubarak regime strongmen and ministers pending appeal trials over the past weeks, including former secretary-general of the now dissolved National Democratic Party, Safwat El-Sherif, and former head of parliament Fathi Sorour. Egypt has seen a spate of violent anti-government protests against President Morsi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, starting at the second anniversary of the 25 January 2011 uprising. The General Prosecution has not responded to the campaign's accusations. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/70206.aspx
