Khaberni - The Egyptian judiciary sentenced journalists Moataz Matar, Mohamed Nasser, and nine others to life imprisonment for their conviction in leading and membership of a terrorist group aimed at using force, violence, threats, and intimidation within the country, disrupting public order, community safety, its interests, and security.
The first specialized terrorism circuit issued the verdict during its session at the Badr Criminal Court last evening (Tuesday).
The investigations revealed the defendants' involvement in committing the crime of terrorism financing, as it was proven that they collected, provided, possessed, transferred, and supplied data, materials, information, and funds to an extremist group, both directly and via modern digital means. They also supported terrorist activities both inside and outside the country.
The court stated that the aim of these criminal activities was to disrupt the provisions of the Constitution and laws, to prevent the state's institutions from performing their duties, to assault the personal and public freedoms of the citizens, in addition to harming national unity and social peace, and striving to spread chaos and use force to destabilize security and stability in society, according to the investigations.
The Public Prosecution had previously referred the defendants to trial, after charging them with joining a terrorist group established contrary to the provisions of the law, aimed at calling for the disruption of the provisions of the Constitution and laws, preventing state institutions and public authorities from performing their functions, financing a terrorist group, and possessing airplanes.
The prosecution charged the defendants with “disturbing public peace, within the framework of the goals of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group, and promoting the group's objectives that target undermining trust in the Egyptian state and its institutions.”
