Amnesty International today, Sunday, called on the Egyptian authorities to release the detainees in what it called the "largest crackdown" since the arrival of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to power in 2014.

The organization said in a tweet that today - September 20 - marks the anniversary of the largest crackdown on protesters in Egypt since Al-Sisi came to power, and at least 4,000 people, including journalists and activists, were arrested at the time.

According to Amnesty International, among those arrested were those who did not even participate in the protests and are in prison on unfounded charges related to "terrorism".

Today marks the anniversary of the largest crackdown on protesters in Egypt since Al-Sisi came to power.

At least 4,000 people were arrested, including journalists and activists who did not even participate in the protests.

Many are imprisoned on unfounded charges of "terrorism".


They demanded their release!

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- Amnesty International (@AmnestyAR) September 20, 2020

In a video clip linked to the tweet, it referred to many activists arrested in connection with these events, including the activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is being held in pretrial detention in a Cairo prison.

Today comes the first anniversary of a protest call called by the contractor, the artist Muhammad Ali - who is currently outside the country - which resulted in limited numbers leaving in a number of squares and the arrest of hundreds, before the authorities released most of them.

Ali renewed his previous call to protest today, amid complete calm in the streets of Egypt and an intense security presence, according to observations and tweets spread on the communication platforms.

In contrast to the calm that prevails in the streets, the communication platforms are witnessing more movement, amid a struggle between supportive hashtags and others that refuse to go down.