Arrests

Saturday’s events in Alexandria, Egypt are a worrying development consolidating the repressive approach adopted by the Ministry of Interior in dealing with peaceful protests. The Egyptian security used excessive force against peaceful protestors and youth activists who staged peaceful protests in Alexandria demanding the Ministry of Interior to end torture and other abuses and stop covering up for criminals and using false witnesses to enforce impunity. Security forces physically assaulted a number of activists, among them…

Yesterday, at 9 pm police forces arrested lawyer Mohamed Ramadan representing Tosson inhabitants in Alexandria as well as three citizens: Abdallah Mohamed Abdallah, Magda Abdallah Ahmed and Aya Mohamed Abdallah. They were interrogated around midnight and charged of illegal gathering, inciting demonstrations and chanting slogans condemning the political regime. The prosecution ordered their detention, for further interrogations the following day upon receipt of intelligence information from the police. While lawyers were…