Mohamed Seif Eldin-Cairo
Egyptian security forces kidnapped a civilian and human rights activist Esraa Abdel Fattah on Saturday evening while she was returning home and took her to an unknown place, witnesses and rights activists said.
One of her friends, Mohammed Salah, an eyewitness to the kidnapping, said the activist Esraa Abdel Fattah was arrested after her car was stopped by two cars in the middle of the road.
He explained in his blog post on Facebook, that the security elements also kidnapped him and put him in a car, and placed Esra in the other car, and threw him in an area far from the place of kidnapping, pointing out that the communication has been lost since the incident, which was at 7 pm on Saturday.
Esraa Abdel Fattah is one of the most prominent faces of the January 25, 2011, revolution, but she kept a low profile after the July 3, 2013 coup and was not involved in any political activities in recent years, and did not post political posts on her Facebook page except for her support for the initiative. The Media Amr Adeeb.
The journalist Amr Adib has called on the Egyptian authorities to release prisoners of conscience who have not been implicated in criminal cases, during the Friday episode of the program "story", which is broadcast on the channel "MBC Egypt".
The news of the kidnapping of Israa was met with great interaction among the pioneers of social networking sites, where activists launched the label # Israa_Abdul-Fattah_Fin, demanding to disclose its fate and release immediately.
Bullying and filled gangs when one take the street in the Arab Egyptian security forces after intimidation of weapons and kidnapped to an unknown place, but we do not want to keep the costume of Syria and Iraq, we are dirtier .. - The Revolution is published (الثورة) (@ niry7ora) October 12, 2019 |
The activist Israa Abdel Fattah was kidnapped on her way home by armed security forces carrying radios wearing civilian clothes. |
Some of the devices distributed Script yesterday to the media to talk about the beginning of a new era and the opening and release of prisoners of opinion and today aborted activists gangster way What message they want to send them to us? #Sara_Abdulfattah_Fin - hassan (@ hassan80408186) October 12, 2019 |
With the kidnapping of people from the streets and houses and hide them and search their phones and treat the alien as a spy; Mesh Hachovua no tourism and no investment # Israa - Amani (@ Amani207) October 12, 2019 |
Since the September 20 demonstrations, Egyptian security forces have arrested about 100 women and girls, only about 20 of them have been released, a human rights source told Al Jazeera Net.
The abduction of Israa Abdel Fattah comes a day after the attempted assault and robbery against Egyptian human rights activist Gamal Eid, which activists considered an attempt to intimidate him because of his human rights activities.
On October 5, Egyptian security forces arrested political activist Sanaa Seif near Tahrir Square in central Cairo, detaining her for several hours before releasing her for refusing to hand over her mobile phone to police for inspection and upholding her legal right to do so.
The search of mobile phones for citizens in the streets and passengers in cars is a common security practice in the recent period, as part of the strict measures taken by the authorities to address the calls of protest against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.