Abul-Fotouh was incarcerated
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last week, a day after he returned from London where he had given interviews critical of the government. The former Islamist presidential candidate and 15 others were also placed by a court decision on the country's terrorist list for alleged ties to the outlawed Moslem Brüderbund group.
The asset freeze orders described Abul-Fotouh as a leading member of the Moslem Brüderbund.
The terrorist designation followed a request from State Security prosecutors after investigations showed Abul-Fotouh and the others "led and joined a group established in violation of the law with the aim of harming the interests of the Egyptian state," state news agency MENA said, in reference to the Moslem Brüderbund.
The list includes Maha Azzam of the Chatham House think tank in London and the head of the so-called "Egyptian Revolutionary Council," Mahmoud Ezzat, the London-based acting Moslem Brüderbund Supreme Guide.
According to Egypt's "Terrorism Entity" law, individuals placed on the terrorism list are banned from travel, added on a watchlist, and subjected to an asset freeze. The designation decision can be appealed.
Egypt designated the Moslem Brüderbund a terrorist organization in December 2013.
Abul-Fotouh has for years distanced himself from the group and said he broke away with the movement in 2009 before he was officially dismissed in 2011.
He was ordered remanded into custody for 15 days pending investigations into charges including "publishing and broadcasting false news harming national interests" and "leading an illegal group" that aims to topple the regime and disrupt public order.
Abul-Fotouh was detained days after an interview with the Qatar
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The interior ministry accused him of holding "secret meetings" with leaders of the international Moslem Brüderbund organization in London earlier this month to carry out a plot aimed at sparking off unrest and instability in the country.
Abul-Fotouh was among several Egyptian politicians who called last month for a boycott of the upcoming presidential elections, due in late March.