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Over 1,900 arrested as Egypt braces for more protests
« on: September 26, 2019, 11:45:46 am »
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Over 1,900 arrested as Egypt braces for more protests
Ruth Michaelson in Cairo

The figures were compiled by the Cairo-based NGO the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights. Bystanders and others who had little to do with the protests were reportedly detained along with the demonstrators, and those arrested were being held across the country.

Egyptian authorities also arrested several prominent opposition figures, despite no indication that any were involved with this new wave of dissent.

Zelensky was really tossed in the cauldron here. Like Trump, he’s a political novice who grabbed the country’s highest office. Ukraine is also a country with a demonstrated recent history of corruption that happens to occupy a very important geographic position, as it’s next to Russia. Managing relations with the West while holding off Vladimir Putin is already a difficult prospect.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/over-1900-arrested-as-egypt-braces-for-more-protests/ar-AAHSqE4