| Description |
Security forces arrested between 40 - 79 people on the evening of 20 April during a series of raids on downtown Cairo's cafs in an attempt to thwart anti-state protests scheduled for 25 April. Egyptian security forces rounded up dozens of activists, journalists, and lawyers ahead of demonstrations called for April 25 against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's policies, including the transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Police forces were wearing plainclothes whilst arresting people, the initiative reported. The counted arrests for the night were as following: 26 people from "Ghazal" caf, 10 from "El-Fallah" caf, six from a caf in Korba, Heliopolis, four in Alexandria, two in Gharbeya. A prominent leftist activist and member of the Revolutionary Socialists movement was among the activists who were arrested from their homes. |
