A bill to provide certain legal relief from politically motivated charges by the Government of Egypt

S.2649
Introduced: 
July 23, 2014
113
Second
July 23, 2014
Referred to Senate (sub)committee

On 6/4/13, the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced 43 NGO workers, including 19 U.S. citizens, to prison sentences of lengths varying from 1 to 5 years. The charges against them included receiving illegal funding and working for unlicensed institutions. The sentences were not expected to be served because almost all of the accused had left Egypt shortly after the U.S. pressured an Egyptian judge via diplomatic channels to temporarily lift a travel ban in 3/2012.

This bill would declare that no verdict, writ, order, or warrant issued by an Egyptian court or other authority in relation to the case would be considered a conviction within the U.S. and that none of the accused would be considered subject to any criminal charges. It would also recognize any related legal charges or trials as politically motivated and invalid.

6 cosponsors (3D, 3R).

Last major action: 7/23/2014 Referred to the Senate Comm. on Foreign Relations.

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