CAIRO: A Cairo court verdict lifted a nine-year travel ban on prominent Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leader Essam Al-Erian.
The State Council Administrative Court ruled Tuesday in favor of Al-Erian, in a lawsuit he filed against both the Minister of Interior and the director of the Travel and Migration Authority.
The ban has prevented him from leaving the country for the past nine years.
Al-Erian previously told Daily News Egypt that the ban required him to obtain special permits to travel abroad, which he claims the authorities consistently refused to provide.
As the treasurer of the Doctors’ Syndicate, Al-Erian said the ban has barred him from attending medical conferences and symposia as well as other international political conferences on Arab affairs. Al-Erian, who is also a former member of parliament, was detained for seven months in May 2006 for participating in protests criticizing the government. He was released in December 2006. After his release, state security prosecution placed him under house arrest, but revoked its decision one day later.
