Release of Dr Aboul Fotouh.

Release of Dr Aboul Fotouh.

In an urgent news release “Ikhwanweb” the official English Muslim Brotherhood website posted the news that State Security decided on the release of Dr Abdul Monem Aboul Fotouh Secretary General of the Arab Doctors Union and a high ranking member of the Executive Bureau.

 

Aboul Fotouh had been detained since July 28 2009, in the renowned case in the media as the “international networking case no. 404 of 2009”. Aboul Fotouh was transferred from Tora Prison to Saqr el-Ein Hospital on the defense’s request since he suffered from sleeping apnea and needed special apparatus while breathing.

 

In a related note Dr Ossama Nasr and his companions who were merged in the same case have also been given release orders and started making their way home.