Egypt detains 8 anti-Trump protesters after Cairo rally
CAIRO — Egypt has detained eight protesters and accused them of “association with a terrorist organization” after they took part in a small demonstration against President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a rights lawyer said Monday.
Khaled Ali said in a Facebook post that the protesters were arrested on Friday in front of the Egyptian Press Syndicate in downtown Cairo.
Ali said those detained, including a female activist, are accused of links to the Muslim Brotherhood group, which was officially branded a terrorist organization after the military overthrew an elected Islamist president in 2013.
The detainees also face charges of inciting protests and violence, and will be held for 15 days pending investigation, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement, without elaborating.