CAIRO (AA) – Egyptian judicial sources on Thursday said that prosecutors had not yet decided to open investigations into legal complaints filed against a host of local politicians, including former interim vice-president Mohamed ElBaradei.
The sources said that Prosecutor-General Hisham Barakat had received as many as 30 legal complaints accusing politicians, activists and journalists of "spying" for other countries and "inciting violence."
Investigations have yet to be opened into the complaints, the sources told Anadolu Agency.
ElBaradei, a former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, resigned from his government post last month to protest the violent dispersal of two major protest camps during which hundreds of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi were killed.
Apart from ElBaradei, legal complaints have also recently been filed against several other political figures and commentators, including politician Ayman Nour, prominent thinker Mohamed Selim al-Awa, and writers Fahmi Howeidy, Belal Fadl and Wael Qandil.
According to the judicial sources, the complaints were filed by ordinary citizens and lawyers.
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