Egyptian Regime’s Crackdown: Activists Arrested in Solidarity with Palestine and Sudan

According to circulated videos on Egyptian social media platforms, Egyptian security forces arrested the human rights lawyers “Mahinour El-Masry” and “Rajia Omran” along with at least five other female activists.

The arrested individuals include Rasha Azab, Mahinour El-Masry

And they are Rasha El-Adib, Lubna Darwish, May El-Mahdi, and Farida El-Hafnawi, along with several other women, following their participation in a protest in front of the regional office of the United Nations Women in Cairo.

This protest aimed to condemn the crimes committed against women in both Gaza and Sudan and to express solidarity with the Palestinian and Sudanese people.

Yesterday, Monday, security forces also suppressed students at the American University and assaulted them physically after they organized a protest within the university campus demanding the end of partnerships with companies supporting the Israeli occupation’s eradication of the Palestinian people in Gaza.

The Egyptian regime prohibits any demonstrations or stands in support of Gaza and the Palestinian cause. It has arrested a large number of protesters who participated in the only demonstration held to support Gaza months ago, despite the approval and supervision of the security forces.