07.06.2018 - 01:24 [ Al-Monitor ]

Wave of arrests in Egypt sends alarming message at start of Sisi‘s second term

CAIRO — Dozens of politicians, writers and human rights activists were attacked June 5 by unknown assailants at the iftar dinner party for the breaking of the daily fast during Ramadan organized by the Civil Democratic Movement. The assailants crashed the iftar at the Swiss Club in Cairo and overturned the dinner tables while chanting “Traitors! Spies!”