After 15 years of security-related pursuit and more than 10 years under a travel ban, the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) has learned, through the Office of the Egyptian Public Prosecutor and the Passports and Immigration Department at the Ministry of Interior, that the Egyptian authorities have decided to remove Ms Huda Abdel-Wahab, Executive Director of the ACIJLP from the travel ban lists imposed on her since 2016. It should be noted that no official response or formal documentation has yet been received regarding the resolution of the legal status of the Arab Center and its staff in Case No. 173 of 2011 concerning civil society organizations.
On 28 December 2011, the ACIJLP and five other foreign organizations operating in the field of human rights were subjected to security raids, and their offices were closed in what later became known as Case No. 173 of 2011 concerning civil society organizations, which ultimately resulted in the acquittal of all defendants working in the foreign organizations.
