Dr. Walaa Jad al-Karim, president of Partners for Transparency, said that the state of uncertainty towards opinion-holders and activists is surprising, and evidence must be clarified, if the matter is related to the relationship of some of them to terrorist organizations or otherwise without fabricating the charges arbitrarily.

"Jad Al-Karim" confirmed, in exclusive statements to "Vito", that 2016 witnessed multiple cases of prosecution of opinion writers and political activists, more than 2015, especially in conjunction with the fifth anniversary of the glorious January revolution.

The President of the Foundation stressed the need to reconsider the laws that are being used to arrest writers and prosecute activists, chief among them the Demonstration and Terrorism Law.