Cairo releases dozens of activists, calls for dialogue with political opposition
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi has called for a national dialogue with opposition groups.
CAIRO — On April 24, Egyptian authorities released dozens of people detained in various cases related to their political activities as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi calls for a national dialogue.
Mustafa Kamel al-Sayyed, a professor of political science at the American University in Cairo, told Al-Monitor that these steps represent a shift in the way the Egyptian government is dealing with opposition forces and human rights issues.
The authorities freed 41 political activists from jail. On the same day, authorities released nine Copts who were imprisoned for demonstrating to demand the reconstruction of a church that Muslim Brotherhood elements burned down in Minya in 2013.
The decision to release the detainees was welcomed by governmental and political circles in Egypt. Two members of the National Council for Human Rights were present with the families of the detainees to celebrate their release.
