Egypt seeks extradition of Brotherhood members
Egypt is expanding security cooperation with Arab states to hand over Muslim Brotherhood officials, including those exiled in Doha.
CAIRO — Egyptian security authorities are coordinating with Arab Gulf countries to track the activities of Muslim Brotherhood members and arrest them on charges of standing behind the violence that has spread throughout Egypt.
Maj. Gen. Sayed Shafiq, assistant interior minister for public security, told Al-Monitor, “We began taking measures to apprehend Muslim Brotherhood members whose hands were tainted with blood and who were involved in acts of violence, whether they be inside or outside Egypt.”
Furthermore, Egyptian security services announced on March 12 that the Egyptian public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, received a communique indicating the arrest of two Brotherhood leaders, Akram al-Shaer and Mohammed al-Kabouti, in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. This came as a result of the prosecutor general’s statements and accusations of their involvement in the violent incidents that the country fell victim to after the June 30 revolution.
“There is palpable cooperation by Gulf countries — particularly Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait — to hand over Muslim Brotherhood fugitives located on their soil, pursuant to special criminal extradition agreements. It is worth noting that the security forces communicated with six Arab nations, requesting the arrest and extradition of 28 Brotherhood leaders who fled to these states after the events of June 30,” said Shafiq.
