Egypt arrests hundreds of protesters

Some 423 Egyptians were arrested during demonstrations on Monday in protest against Egypt’s waiver of territorial sovereignty over the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia, a human rights organisation said.

The Geneva-based Committee for Justice said this is the highest number of arrests in a single day since the dispersal of the Rabaa Al-Adawiya sit-in.

The organisation said some of the protesters were released on the same day, but a large number are still being held.

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