Egyptian parliament to probe NGO workers' release
Egyptian lawmakers are to probe the release of 15 foreign NGO workers who had been banned from leaving the country pending charges of illegally accepting foreign money.
Egypt's top parliamentarian on Saturday decried the release of foreign pro-democracy activists as "flagrant interference" into the independent judiciary, vowing to "hold accountable" anyone who intervened on their behalf.
"We do not accept any form of foreign interference in Egypt's internal affairs, under any justification," said Saad al-Katatni, speaker of the lower house of parliament and a leading official in the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party. "We will not allow anyone, regardless of who it is, to impact the sovereignty of this country and its institutions."
The 15 foreign nationals were among a group of 43 non-governmental organization (NGO) workers in Egypt accused of illegally receiving foreign funds. The foreigners - eight Americans, three Serbs, two Germans, one Norwegian and one Palestinian - were permitted to leave the country on Thursday after being stuck there for more than a month.
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