(see related) Prosecutors in Cairo
have extended the detention of Ahmed Abdallah, a consultant for
the family of tortured and murdered Italian student Giulio
Regeni, by 15 days, judicial sources said on Wednesday. The
prosecutors had ordered an initial four-day detention two days
ago in a probe into alleged incitement to demonstrate illegally
against a border deal ceding two islands to Saudi Arabia. The
family of Regeni, who are seeking the truth about his brutal
murder amid Egyptian stonewalling, have voiced concern over
Abdallah's detention. On Tuesday they said that they were
"anxious" over the arrest of Abdallah, president of the board of
the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedom (ECRF), an NGO
that is providing consultancy work for the Regeni's lawyers.
Amnesty International confirmed Abdallah was arrested along
with activist Sanaa Seif and lawyer Malek Adly. Egyptian special
forces took Abdallah from his home on the night of April 24 and
he stands accused of instigation to violence in order to
overthrow the government, adhering to a terrorist group, and
promotion of terrorism, Amnesty said.
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