Lawyer Mahmoud Ismail said on Sunday that his client, Abboud Al Zomor, who was sentenced in connection with the 1981 assassination of president Anwar Sadat, asked him to publicize the appeal.
Holding journalists Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot was not in the “interests of the Iraqi resistance,” Ismail quoted his client as saying.
The two newsmen, missing since August 20, deserved leniency “because France’s position on Iraq is completely different from any other country’s.”
The Jihad leader was due for release in 2001. The Egyptian authorities have since kept him in custody without charge.
To add a comment,
Please log in:
Don't have an account?
Register now to comment on stories and stay up to date on important events and issues in the Middle East with our newsletter.