Is Egypt using passports to punish its opponents? | Inside Story

There should be 'no confusion between citizenship rights and state policies'.

Those are the words of Mohamed ElBaradei -- Egypt's Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former head of the UN's Atomic Energy Agency.

He's accusing the government of delaying issuing his passport for political reasons.
And it's not just him.

Opposition figures and journalists say they are unable to renew their passports abroad.

The foreign ministry says Egyptians living in other countries need to return to Cairo for a renewal.

Opposition figures say that could mean their immediate arrest.

So, have passports become a political tool against Egypt's opposition?

Presenter: Sami Zeidan

Guests:

Yehia Ghanem - Al Jazeera Middle East Analyst.

Saad Djebbar - International Lawyer

Samia Harris - Founding Member of Democracy for Egypt

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