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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Egyptian rights groups: 237 arrested in Cairo protests
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn Egyptian coalition of rights groups says that police arrested at least 237 people during yesterday’s protests in Cairo against a government decision to hand over to Saudi Arabia control of two strategic Red Sea islands.
Rights lawyers Gamal Eid and Mohammed Abdel-Aziz — both members of the Front for the Defense of Egyptian Protesters — say that all those detained were in custody by midnight, when the front made its last tally.
The number of those still held could be lower since police have been intermittently releasing the detainees, they say. It’s unclear if anyone has been referred to prosecutors.
— AP
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