On a slow day for Egypt in the international press, the top story was once again the arrest of activists as Hazem Abdel Azim was detained yesterday on charges that include “disseminating false news and belonging to an outlawed group,” the Associated Press reports. The AP positioned the arrest as the “latest in a new wave of arrests since presidential elections earlier this year.“ Reuters also picked up the story, citing security sources saying Abdel Azim — an outspoken critic of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi since he quit his presidential campaign in 2014 — was arrested from his home.

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