Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attends a signing ceremony following his talks with Russian President in Sochi on October 17, 2018. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin / POOL / AFP)
Egyptian police on Sunday arrested economist Abdel Khalek Farouk after the publication of his book critically analysing the country’s economic and social crises, a lawyer said.
Farouk announced last week that the security forces had confiscated copies of his latest book entitled “Is Egypt Really a Poor Country?”.
“He was officially arrested and will be presented to the state security prosecutor tomorrow because of this book,” said Gamal Eid, a lawyer who heads the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information.
The prosecutor would specify the main charges against Farouk on Monday, Eid told…
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