Egypt rejects the French Foreign Ministry's statement on the arrest of a human rights official

Commenting on the press release issued by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the incident of arrest of the administrative director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, Ahmed Hafez, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, affirmed the rejection of the French statement's interference in an Egyptian internal affairs and the attempt to influence the investigations that the Public Prosecution conducts with an Egyptian citizen He was charged in connection with one of the cases pending before the Egyptian judiciary, and this is the principle that Egypt adheres to in terms of refraining from interfering with or commenting on the measures taken by law enforcement authorities in other countries, including France.

Hafez expressed, in a statement, Wednesday, his regret that the statement issued by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respect Egyptian laws, and his defense of an entity operating illegally in the field of civil work, in light that the EIPR is registered as a company and carries out other activities in violation of the provisions of Law No. 149 of 2013 stipulates that its activities are subject to its jurisdiction.

Hafez stressed that the Egyptian state respects the principles of the rule of law and equality before it, and that work in any of the fields must be as regulated by the applicable laws and those account who violate them are heldable. Hafez also noted the need to respect the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs, as stipulated in international law that governs relations between states