Egyptian human rights activist Sanaa Seif was arrested on Tuesday 23 June and detained for 15 days pending investigations into various charges. According to a statement released by the Prosecutor General’s office late on Tuesday, Sanaa has been charged with spreading false news and rumours via her social media accounts for the purposes of “stirring public opinion against state institutions” and “disturbing security and peace and disrupting the institutions of the state from their work”. Sanaa, 26, is also accused of inciting “terrorist crimes” and of using her social media accounts to promote the spread of such “terrorist crimes”, reported Al Masry Al Youm. The arrest came following allegations of an attack on Sanaa and her family. Mona Seif claims that a group of women assaulted and robbed her, her sister Sanaa and their mother, activist and scholar Laila Soueif, outside Tora prison in Maadi earlier this week. The three women were reportedly waiting for a letter from activist Alaa Abdel Fattah—Mona and Sanaa’s brother and Soueif’s son—who, along with his lawyer Mohamed El Baqer, have been jailed since September 2019 on unknown charges and have yet to be tried….
Egyptian Activist Sanaa Seif Arrested After Alleged Assault Outside Tora Prison
June 24, 2020
