Cairo — An Egyptian court acquitted on Monday 51 persons of charges pertaining to protests held in April against the president's decision to transfer two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi control.
A Saudi-Egyptian maritime border demarcation agreement stirred up controversy in Egypt when it was signed in April, with critics accusing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of "selling Egypt's land" in return for Saudi aid. The agreement, which has yet to be ratified by the parliament, stipulates that the islands of Tiran and Sanafir will fall within Saudi territorial waters.
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