In October, Egyptian armed forces began evicting thousands of families from their homes along the border with the Gaza Strip. These evictions were a violation of international human rights laws.

The intention was to widen the buffer zone with Gaza and strengthen the siege that is strangulating the region.

Sisi is not only guilty of terrorising his own population but is complicit with Israel in terrorising the Gazans.

Mansour is not an isolated case, and while 70 journalists languish in Egyptian jails, Western democracies turn a blind eye to the countless freedoms, which it so desperately claims to champion, being violated by Egypt. Once again, economic and political gains have trumped moral authority.