Egyptian Protesters Threaten Sit-in Over Red Sea Islands

Protesters who mounted rare anti-government demonstrations on April 15 to express their anger with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s decision to gift two uninhabited Red Sea islands once considered Egyptian to Saudi Arabia have vowed to stage mass sit-ins Monday to mark a patriotic public holiday, Sinai Liberation Day. Egypt authorities have arrested dozens of activists ahead of Monday’s planned anti-government protests, according to a group of lawyers, which published a list of...

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