Egypt has rearrested Ayman al-Zawahri's brother, only days after he had been released from prison as part of a wider effort to free Mubarak's political prisoners. Muhammad al-Zawahri, an Islamic Jihadi, will be retried in the 1998 conviction for which he was given the death penalty in absentia. Zawahri had been jailed since 2000 for conspiring to overthrow the government, but his supporters have accused Egypt of holding him to obtain information about his brother.He was released from prison last Thursday, and then rearrested at his home Sunday morning.
| Time enough for a long, hot shower, a home cooked meal, and a conjugal visit with his wife... the memories of which will keep him going for another decade in Egyptian prison. |
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