Egypt puts 13 people including Zyad Elelaimy on ‘terrorism’ list
4 years, 8 months ago

Egypt puts 13 people including Zyad Elelaimy on ‘terrorism’ list

Al Jazeera  

Zyad Elelaimy, a key figure of Egypt’s 2011 popular uprising, and Ramy Shaath, a prominent activist added to list. Egypt has added 13 people, including former legislator Zyad Elelaimy, on the country’s “terrorism list” for collaborating with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Elelaimy, a key figure of Egypt’s 2011 popular uprising that toppled longtime President Hosni Mubarak, was arrested in June 2019. Hundreds of people have been added to Egypt’s terrorism list in recent years, including fugitives and people arrested by authorities.

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Egyptian rights group says 73 supporters of a presidential challenger have been arrested
1 year, 3 months ago

Egyptian rights group says 73 supporters of a presidential challenger have been arrested

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Egyptian authorities have detained at least 73 campaign volunteers for a challenger to incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in the December election, a rights group said Tuesday. Egypt’s chairman of the National Election Authority, Waleed Hamza, on Monday announced details of elections due by next year, saying the presidential polling would be held over three days in December. …

Egyptian politician who vowed to run for president returns to Egypt, after relatives were detained
1 year, 7 months ago

Egyptian politician who vowed to run for president returns to Egypt, after relatives were detained

Associated Press  

LONDON — An Egyptian politician vowing to run in the country’s presidential elections next year returned to Egypt Thursday, days after announcing that his relatives had been detained. “I ask your permission for five days to spend in the bosom of my family who need me and I need them.” Next year’s presidential election is widely anticipated to be a …

Egyptian ex-MP planning presidential bid says relatives arrested
1 year, 8 months ago

Egyptian ex-MP planning presidential bid says relatives arrested

Al Jazeera  

Former Egyptian MP Ahmed Eltantawy says relatives and friends arrested in advance of an intended presidential election bid. Egyptian authorities have arrested two male relatives and three friends of former Member of Parliament Ahmed Eltantawy, he said, shortly before his announced return home before an intended presidential election bid. Nabeh Elganadi, a lawyer for the independent Egyptian Initiative for Personal …

Former Egyptian prisoners struggle to move on due to ‘terror’ lists
2 years, 6 months ago

Former Egyptian prisoners struggle to move on due to ‘terror’ lists

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups say 7,000 Egyptians are on ‘terror’ lists – and even out of prison that means separation from their families. Then one day, a cellmate delivered shocking news: Emad had been added to Egypt’s national “terror” list, his bank accounts were frozen, his property had been confiscated and several of his factories shut down. Emad is one of roughly …

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