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Thread on the recent arrest of an Egyptian American who is charged with tracking and obtaining information regarding Egyptian political dissidents in the US.
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1- Since President Sisi came to power, many Egyptian activists had to flee Egypt, however, it is not the first time for Egyptians to be in exile, but it is the first time for them to engage in organized activism in different ways with authoritarianism in Egypt.
2- In response to that, the Egyptian regime adopted serval tools of #transnationalrepression to target and silence Egyptian dissidents abroad, including arresting them when they return or targetting their families in Egypt among other tools.
