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Egypt detains 24 over pro-Palestinian rallies

Arrests follow protests organized by the Brotherhood in support of Palestinians protesting in Jerusalem

Egyptian police detained 24 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday, sources from the outlawed group and the Interior Ministry said.

 

The arrests come a day after protests organized by the Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group, in support of Palestinians protesting in Jerusalem.

 

Police raided the homes of five senior Brotherhood members in and around the Nile delta city of Damanhour and detained them at dawn, a Brotherhood source in the Beheira province said.

 

Two other Brotherhood sources said 16 members of the group were detained in Sharqiya province, also in the delta, and three in the Suez province further east.

 

An Interior Ministry source confirmed the detentions and said those held had been organizing demonstrations without the ministry's permission.

 

The Brotherhood said on its website that the arrests in Sharqiya were a direct result of more than 120 rallies in that province involving 20,000 people and organized by the group to "demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinians and to voice anger at the barbaric measures" of Israeli police in the past week.

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.10.09, 22:38
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