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CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian government arrested at least 382 other people since 20 September amid reports of small scattered protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a human rights organization said Monday.
The Ministry of the Interior may be contacted for comment.
The arrests come after security measures were tightened around the first anniversary of the in frequent protests in Cairo and the cities, provoked through calls in September last year from a former businessman and exile actor, Mohamed Ali.
Ali, who posted videos criticizing the authorities, called for more protests this month.
Videos posted on social media since September 20 appear to show several very small protests involving several dozen people in other parts of the country.
Reuters may simply not independently find out the videos, however, security resources showed some small scattered protests on Friday, which they said were taking positions more commonly in villages and primary cities outdoors.
In one case, a witness said that about a hundred men had accumulated in an open-air domain of the village of Damiette and chanted “Vete, Sissi. “
The Egyptian Commission on Rights and Freedoms said it had documented 249 arrests in the last nine days, while another 133 had been documented through other rights teams or lawyers.
The Prosecutor’s Office announced on Sunday that it had ordered the release of 68 juveniles arrested for their alleged involvement in the “recent riots. “He didn’t mention any other arrests.
You can see the deployment of security forces in public spaces on Fridays, and security controls have been increased.
Protests feed on economic frustrations aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic and a primary government crusade to impose fines or demolitions on unauthenticated homes, activists say.
In an obvious reference to the protests, Sissi praised the Egyptians for enduring difficult economic situations on Sunday and said that some sought to exploit Egypt’s demanding situations to undermine the country but would succeed.
“They are difficult situations to offend and sow suspicion among the Egyptians about what we do, which is at their expense and against them,” Sissi said at the opening of a petrochemical plant.
“Other people and the state are an entity. No one interferes with us and no one will interfere with us. “
Since his election in 2014, Sissi has overseen a broad crackdown on political dissent, which has spread through a wave of arrests following last September’s protests.
Sissi says the government is behind human rights through running to satisfy fundamental desires such as employment and housing.
At the inauguration, a human rights video was published, stating that Egypt’s “security and stability” was one of the greatest vital rights of its people.
(Editing through Giles Elgood)