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Egypt Independent
The Eritrean authorities released 97 Egyptian fishermen on Sunday. The fishermen were detained after entering the Eritrean territorial waters on 12 January.
Egyptian Lawyer Sami al-Ghaben confirmed that the “97 fishermen were on three fishing vessels”.
The released fishermen include 29 from the city of al-Matareya in Daqahliya governorate. The rest were from Ezbet al-Burj in Damietta governorate.
They were held for 100 days until formal negotiations secured their release.
“The fishermen’s families set up a committee to defend the detained fishermen. The committee lobbied for intervention on their behalf”, Ghaben noted.
Edited translation from AL-Masry Al-Youm.
