ACIJLP calls upon both of the Egyptian president and the Libyan president for immediate  interference to the execution of  about 24 Egyptian citizens in Libya

Within the frame of the center’s follow up  of the Egyptian citizens crisis in Libya, who convicted in criminal crimes, the center sent a letter to both of His Excellency the president of Egypt and His Excellency the president of Libya, calling upon there excellencies to interfere to stop the execution penalty against 24 Egyptian citizens, twelve of them will be executed during the next week.

The letters included urgent request for the both presidents to interfere to stop the execution penalty, until the end of the conciliation procedures between the convicted persons and the families of the victims, which is permitted by the provisions of the Libyan law.

The letters also clarified that some Libyan civil society institutions expressed there full readiness to lend a helping hand the Egyptian convicted persons and to assist them in baying the blood money for the families of the victims and making conciliation with them. In addition to that they will send them to Egypt, provided that will be a party from the Egyptian Embassy in Libya to coordinate with these institutions, but the Egyptian Embassy didn’t take the needed procedures.

Furthermore the two letters noted that there are ongoing procedures in the present moment to look for the victims’ families and to make conciliation with them according to the provisions of the Libyan law, but this will take some time. For these reasons the center directed its letters to the Presidents in order to interfere personally to stop the up mentioned judgments.

Arab Center for Independence of the Judiciary Law Firm