Enabling Citizens' Arrests Deals Blow to Egyptian Tourism

(Ahram-Egypt) Dalia Farouk - Egypt's Coalition to Support Tourism (CST) has condemned the prosecutor-general's decision on Sunday to allow citizens' arrests. The head of the CST, Ehab Moussa, said: "If a tourist rebuffed an Egyptian merchant, refusing to buy something, the merchant might accuse the tourist of spying and arrest him."


2013-03-13 00:00:00

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