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How many journalists is the Sisi regime planning on arresting? All of them?

#Egyptian security forces Sunday detained Lina Attalah, editor in chief of investigative media outlet Mada Masr, the latest arrest amid a wider crackdown on dissent
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Lina Attalah was arrested outside #Cairo’s Tora prison complex during an interview with Laila Soueif, mother of jailed activist Alaa Abd El Fattah.

Soueif was briefly arrested in March along with 3 others after they staged a protest to demand release of prisoners amid #Covid19.
Alaa Abdel Fattah served a 5yr prison sentence for violating #Egypt’s protest ban. In Sept, not long after his release, he was arrested again amid a crackdown that followed small protests demanding current President Sissi step down-although he did not participate in the protests.
Alaa went on hunger strike over a month ago, and his family has been struggling to get him released in recent months amid the #coronavirus pandemic. #Egypt #Covid19
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Happy Born Day, Lorraine Hansberry: May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965.

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There are 16 statues of the goddess Sekhmet in this hall. It’s where she “found “ me in March 2012, during my first travel after my bones healed and casts were removed from my arms.
After Egypt riot police broke my arms & sexually assaulted me Nov 2011 assault, I vowed to get tattoos as a gift to myself for surviving. At @MuseoEgizio, the director said “In this hall, there are 16 statues of Sekhmet, goddess of retribution & sex.”

And I thought “Yes please!”
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