Egypt: Two Activists Begin Sit-in to Protest Jailing Their Family

29 October 2014

Cairo — Two prominent Egyptian activists started a sit-in on Wednesday in Cairo's Supreme Court to protest the imprisonment of their family members; Alaa Abdel Fattah and Sanaa Seif.

Laila Soueif, mother of two detained activists, said that "the security are trying to forcibly take us out of the courthouse," in a phone interview with Aswat Masriya.

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