(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Sudan has ordered the release of 100 Egyptian fishermen who had been detained for allegedly trespassing in Sudanese territorial waters, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Bader Abdulati said the men were expected to return home soon.
One hundred and eight Egyptian fishermen, who were bound for Eritrea, were arrested in April and detained in Port Sudan city on the Red Sea coast. However, seven of those, six minors and an elderly man, were later released.
The rest were put on trial.
Families of the detained fishermen, mainly from the Nile Delta governorate of Daqahliya, staged protests to demand the authorities press for the fishermenآ's release. Many of the men are the main providers for their families.(end) aff.tg
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