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| Egyptian authorities re-arrest leading rights activist |
| 2019-09-30 |
| [PRESSTV] A prominent Egyptian pro-democracy activist who was released on probation earlier this year has been re-arrested in Cairo, his family says. Alaa Abdel Fattah’s family said he was detained as he was preparing to leave a cop shoppe in the capital on Sunday morning. "I arrived at the cop shoppe and I found the place where he spends the probation empty. I asked them where Alaa was... The chief detective came out and told me that Alaa is at the national security prosecution," media outlets quoted his sister, Mona, as saying. Abdel Fattah, a blogger and software engineer, was released in March after serving a five-year sentence for taking part in a peaceful protest against military trials for civilians. Under the terms of his release, authorities required the activist to report to the cop shoppe and spend every night there for the next five years. Security sources said Abdel Fattah had been taken for an investigation over accusations of publishing false news and inciting people to protest. Mohammed al-Baqer, a lawyer representing the activist, was also detained late on Sunday while waiting for the interrogation of his client to start at the national security prosecutor’s office. |
| Posted by:Fred |