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Dozens of arrests in Egypt ahead of anti-government protest


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Egypt has arrested dozens of activists ahead of an anti-government demonstration planned for Monday, a group of lawyers said. Opposition groups -- including the April 6 movement, which spearheaded the popular uprising that ousted former leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011 -- have called for the rally mainly in protest at the government's deal to hand two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia. The controversial move by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has provoked outrage among many Egyptians who accuse him of "selling" the islands in the Straits of Tiran in return for Saudi investment.

 

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