Tareq Ali Mursi
Tareq Ali Mursi was an alleged member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. He was the subject of an extraordinary rendition from South Africa to face trial in Egypt.[1]
In November, lawyers Montasser al-Zayat and unsuccessfully argued that he should be released, as there had been no demonstration he had any relationship with the other two men transferred from South Africa, and , who were accused of participating in the 1995 Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan.[2]
In July 1999, he was one of 71 alleged militants connected to the embassy bombing who saw their cases transferred to a military court.[3]
On August 5, 2004, he was interviewed by Hani al-Sibai over the telephone.[4]
References[]
- ^ Amnesty International, November 12, 1998 backgrounder
- ^ Arabic News, Three extremists join list of suspects in Pakistan embassy bombing Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, November 20, 1998
- ^ al-Sharq al-Awsat, Seventy one 'terrorists' referred to military court, July 7, 1999
- ^ Human Rights Watch, Black Hole: The Fate of Islamists Rendered to Egypt, May 2005
Categories:
- Egyptian Islamic Jihad