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Egypt. Arrests target political figures involved in new coalition to run in 2020 parliamentary elections | MadaMasr
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Several political figures involved in discussions to form a new political alliance meant to stand in 2020 parliamentary elections were arrested beginning at dawn on Tuesday.

At least eight people have been swept up in the arrest campaign, most prominently former Member of Parliament Zyad Elelaimy, journalist Hisham Fouad, Omar El-Shenety, the founder of the Multiples Group investment firm, and Hossam Moanis, the former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi’s campaign manager.

The other four people identified by the Interior Ministry in a press release issued this morning are Mostafa Abdel Moez Abdel Sattar, Osama Abdel Aal Mohamed al-Aqbawy, Ahmed Abdel Galeel Hussein Ghoneim, and Hassan Mohamed Hussein Barbary.

Those detained face accusations of leading a plot “to bring down the state” ahead of the June 30 anniversary. This plot — identified by the ministry as “The Plan for Hope” — was backed by 19 companies and economic entities secretly managed by Muslim Brotherhood leaders from abroad, according to the Interior Ministry.

Egypt to investigate spying charges against Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh and Hamdeen Sabbahi | Mada Masr

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Allegations that Egyptian politicians Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh and Hamdeen Sabbahi have spied for Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were referred Monday to Egypt’s State Security Agency for investigation.

The allegations were leveled by lawyer Ashraf Farahat after the two men attended a conference in Lebanon titled: “The general Arab conference to support resistance and reject its categorization as terrorism,” organized by the National Arab Conference in collaboration with the Islamic National Conference, the General Conference for Arab Parties and the Arab Popular Mobilization Body.

Organizers said in media statements that the conference aimed to demonstrate popular support for resistance movements in response to what they called campaigns led by the US and Saudi Arabia against them. It stated that the Palestinian cause and resistance remain a common ground for Arab political factions to unite around.

The conference was held on the 10th anniversary of the 34-day July war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006, which ended with Lebanon’s Hezbollah successfully repelling the Israeli attack.

Sisi’s campaign distributes energy-saving lightbulbs to the poor
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An Egyptian man rides a bicycle past campaign posters of leftist presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi (L) and of Egyptian ex-army chief and leading presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) in the town of Dekernss near the Nile Delta City of Mansura some 120 km north of Cairo on May 15, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Khaled Desouki) An Egyptian man rides a bicycle past campaign posters of leftist presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi (L) and of Egyptian ex-army chief and leading presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) in the town of Dekernss near the Nile Delta City of Mansura some 120 km north of Cairo on May 15, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Khaled Desouki)

Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s campaign is pro- saving, and is (...)

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Egyptian media muzzled ahead of presidential elections
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Egyptian leftist leader Hamdeen Sabbahi is surrounded by journalists as he arrives to submit the documents required to run in next month’s presidential election to the High Presidential Elections Committee on April 19, 2014 in Cairo. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed al-Shahed) Egyptian leftist leader Hamdeen Sabbahi is surrounded by journalists as he arrives to submit the documents required to run in next month’s presidential election to the High Presidential Elections Committee on April 19, 2014 in Cairo. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed al-Shahed)

Cairo- MBC #Egypt decided to temporarily pull satirist Bassem Youssef off the air, as part of its voluntary commitment to campaign silence before the Egyptian presidential elections. (...)

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