A leading Egyptian activist, Alaa Abdel Fattah is re-arrested amid Cairo's sweeping security clampdown following rare anti-Sisi protests earlier this month
FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2014, file photo, Egypt's leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah takes a moment as he speaks about his late father Ahmed Seif, one of Egypt's most respected human rights lawyers, during a conference held at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Abdel Fattah rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and in Egypt, toppled long-time President Hosni Mubarak. His mother, Laila Soueif, told The Associated Press that Abdel Fattah was arrested on Sunday from the police station in the Dokki area of Cairo. Soueif, who is a university professor, said she has been going to collect him every morning in the past days, for fear he could be re-arrested after a wave of arrests targeting anti-government protesters.A security official says Abdel Fattah was taken to prosecutors for an investigation into claims he has called for protests. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.
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