"Egyptian police have arrested a prominent rights lawyer."
This followed protests in Cairo which rattled President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government and ushered in an escalating crackdown on dissidents.
Malek Adly's lawyer Mahmoud Belal said that he was arrested by plain-clothed policemen in the late hour of Thursday.
Adly had supported protests in April against the handing over of two islands to Saudi Arabia, which provoked outrage in Egypt and accusations that Sisi "sold" them in return for Saudi investments."
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