US Democracy Worker to Travel to Egypt for Trial

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US Democracy Worker to Travel to Egypt for Trial

 

One of the American democracy workers accused of illegally operating political training programs in Egypt said Friday he would go back to Egypt to face charges along with Egyptians who were left to stand trial there.

"People are left holding the bag in Egypt for something they have not done and for something that is not wrong," said Sherif Mansour, an Egyptian-born democracy worker who resigned Friday from the Washington-based organization Freedom House to face the charges. "I don't think they deserve to be there in that position."

Mansour, who this year became a U.S. citizen, is among 43 democracy workers charged by the Egyptian government after police raided programs across the country in late December. Egyptian authorities accused the workers, including Mansour and 15 other Americans, of operating political and campaign training programs illegally in the country and of illegally accepting U.S. and other foreign money to operate.

A hearing in the case is scheduled Tuesday in Cairo, and the trial could start as early as next week.

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