Date of source: Tuesday, April 27, 1999
The Ministry of Interior released yesterday 1000 prisoners of the Gama’a Islamiyya who had renounced their terrorist thought. The ministry’s decision is unconnected from any [alleged] deal with terrorists, they said.
Date of source: Monday, April 26, 1999
Montasser Al-Zayyat, a prominent lawyer who has represented Islamist militants in many court cases, explains in an interview why the Gama’at will not any longer resort to violence.
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999 to Wednesday, April 28, 1999
Of the 107 defendants tried at the Hike Step military camp, 78 were given prison sentences, 11 of whom were condemned for life. Twenty were acquitted. The remaining 9 were sentenced to death in absentia.
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999 to Wednesday, April 28, 1999
Egyptian prosecutors have remanded in custody for 15 days several suspected members of the militant group jihad, some of whom had been deported from another state, an official daily said on April 15.
Date of source: Thursday, April 1, 1999 to Wednesday, April 7, 1999
After nearly two years of dithering, reported internal splits and a worldwide crackdown led by the United States, Egypt’s largest militant organization, Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya, issued a statement on 25 March announcing its decision to renounce anti-government violence.
Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 1999 to Saturday, February 20, 1999
Forty-four suspected Islamic militants pleaded not guilty to charges of plotting to unseat the regime when they appeared in a military court on February 4. Most asked the judge to discredit their alleged confessions, because they claim the confessions were extracted under torture.
Date of source: Thursday, February 11, 1999 to Wednesday, February 17, 1999
Forty-four suspected members of Egypt’s most violent militant organization, Jihad, last week pleaded not guilty before a military court to charges of membership of an illegal group bent on using terror to overthrow the government, planning the assassination of top officials and security staff, and...
Date of source: Friday, February 5, 1999
Muntasir Al- Zayat confirmed that the visit of Ramsey Clark, the lawyer of Sheikh
Omar Abd Al- Rahman, was to revive his case. He also came to make sure that his
family was all right as the sheikh has avoided calling them.
Date of source: Thursday, February 4, 1999 to Wednesday, February 10, 1999
Ramsey Clark, former US Attorney-General and lawyer for Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, was in Cairo this week to bring attention to the case of the imprisoned cleric.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 3, 1999
The lawyer Montasser Al- Zayat is defending himself in this interview. He said that he is the lawyer of the Islamic groups, but this does not mean that he cooperates with them or approves everything they do.