(MENAFN) The imprisoned Egyptian presidential hopeful Sami Anan could face the death penalty, after his aide threatened to divulge military secrets from documents Anan was in possession of, should he be mistreated in detention, according to a leading professor of international law.
If Hisham Geneina claims were true, the fact that Anan was in possession of such documents without army authorization, even if he did not show them to any foreign agents, could warrant the death penalty, Ayman Salameh told TV channel MBC Egypt during an interview on Tuesday evening.
Geneina was detained by the Egyptian forces in his Cairo home on Tuesday, after announcing the damning material, purported to implicate current Egyptian leaders in crimes committed by the military regime since the January 25 revolution, was being held in a "secure" place abroad, and could be released if any harm came to Anan.
"[Anan] has documents and evidence regarding all the major events in the country... they of course would change the course and condemn many," he said.
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