Family of jailed Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah arrested in Cairo
Published date: 18 March 2020 19:35 GMT
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Last update: 2 years 9 months ago
Prominent activists Laila Soueif, Ahdaf Soueif, Mona Seif and Rabab el-Mahdy have been detained in Egypt after staging a small protest outside the cabinet headquarters.
They were demanding the release of political prisoners to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus.
They were demanding the release of political prisoners to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus.
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