Egypt: Lawyers say police arrested hundreds over protests
Egyptian security forces rounded up hundreds of people following small but rare anti-government protests, rights lawyers said Monday.
The protests broke out in several Egyptian cities including the capital, Cairo, over the weekend, calling for President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to step down.
All protests marked a startling eruption of street unrest, which has been almost completely silenced the past years by draconian measures imposed under el-Sissi.
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