In Egypt, a Contender Emerges to Challenge President Sisi
- 6 years ago
In Egypt, a Contender Emerges to Challenge President Sisi
At a packed news conference in Cairo, Mr. Ali, who rose to prominence last year in rare protests over the government’s
decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, said Egypt was in the grip of a deep crisis.
Egyptian wrote that As you shake hands with Sisi,
On Sunday, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry summoned the ambassadors — from Britain, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany
and Italy — and said their intervention was "unacceptable." During his news conference, Mr. Ali threatened to boycott the vote if the conditions for a fair election were not in place next year.
But his profile rose last year after he led a powerful protest movement challenging Mr. Sisi
over his decision to hand over the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia.
6, 2017
CAIRO — A prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer stepped forward on Monday as a candidate in next year’s presidential election,
emerging as the first open challenger to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s authoritarian rule after years of growing repression.
Mr. Ali said he was forced to hold the news conference at the offices of a rival political party
because the security agencies had shut him out of larger sites, he said.
At a packed news conference in Cairo, Mr. Ali, who rose to prominence last year in rare protests over the government’s
decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, said Egypt was in the grip of a deep crisis.
Egyptian wrote that As you shake hands with Sisi,
On Sunday, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry summoned the ambassadors — from Britain, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany
and Italy — and said their intervention was "unacceptable." During his news conference, Mr. Ali threatened to boycott the vote if the conditions for a fair election were not in place next year.
But his profile rose last year after he led a powerful protest movement challenging Mr. Sisi
over his decision to hand over the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia.
6, 2017
CAIRO — A prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer stepped forward on Monday as a candidate in next year’s presidential election,
emerging as the first open challenger to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s authoritarian rule after years of growing repression.
Mr. Ali said he was forced to hold the news conference at the offices of a rival political party
because the security agencies had shut him out of larger sites, he said.