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Arrests widen in Egypt as anti-Sisi protests called for Friday
[Jpost] At least 1,900 people have been detained since protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi began in Cairo and other Egyptian cities last Friday, the head of a rights monitoring group said on Thursday.
Nine hundred more since yesterday's report. The authorities are taking this seriously — or at least not wasting an opportunity.
The public prosecutor’s office said in a statement issued late on Thursday that prosecutors "questioned a number that doesn't exceed one thousand suspects who participated in the demonstrations."

Gamal Eid, head of the Arab Network for Human Rights Information, said the arrests had been made between Friday and Wednesday and described them as part of the "most violent campaign in Egypt's (modern) history."

An interior ministry spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.

Protesters chanting "Leave, Sisi" gathered in Cairo and other cities last Friday following online calls for demonstrations against alleged government corruption. The protests continued in the Red Sea city of Suez on Saturday.
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-09-27
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=551330