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| Egyptian police arrest leading activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah |
| 2013-11-29 |
[Al Ahram] Egyptian police jugged... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... a leading political activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah on Thursday after the prosecutor ordered he be incarcerated Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! for inciting protests, a security official said. Abdel-Fattah's wife, Manal Hassan, tweeted that coppers beat and insulted her while arresting her husband, in addition to taking their laptops and cellphones. Alaa Abdel-Fattah was a symbol of the 2011 uprising against President Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... . He was ordered arrested after taking part in protests organised in defiance of a new law that imposes heavy restrictions on demonstrations. |
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