2019-09-26 Africa North
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Egypt detains more than 1,000 after anti-Sisi protests
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The numbers keep getting bigger, oddly enough. Two days ago it was only 400. | [DAWN] Egyptian authorities have arrested more than 1,000 people, rights groups said on Wednesday, broadening a crackdown that has seen prominent critics detained after rare protests calling for the ouster of general-turned-President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
The wave of arrests comes ahead of a "million-man march" on Friday called for by an exiled businessman whose online videos accusing Sisi and the military of corruption sparked last week's rallies.
The Egyptian Centre for Freedoms and Rights (ECRF) said 1,003 were tossed into the calaboose since the scattered demonstrations erupted last Friday in Cairo and other cities across the country.
The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights reported 1,298 arrested.
The high profile dissidents detained include Khaled Dawoud, a former leader of the liberal al-Dostour party who appeared in front of state prosecutors on Wednesday, his lawyers confirmed.
He was charged with disseminating fake news and joining a terror group, and was remanded in jug for 15 days, they added.
Dawoud will be tried as part of the same case as award-winning human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
lawyer Mahienour El-Massry and veteran labour union activist Kamal Khalil, both of whom were arrested over the past week, the lawyers said.
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Posted by Fred 2019-09-26 00:00||
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