Egypt's clampdown on political dissent increasingly includes family members of activists living abroad. The government has also admitted to leveraging the release of individual political prisoners for financial aid.
A new coalition of Egyptian political parties has publicly criticized the country's current government for persecuting politicians. In a news conference on Monday, a spokesmen for the coalition said the practices of the current government are a danger to Egypt's future. The Free Current coalition was formed in June this year, comprised of an array of mostly liberal opposition parties. One of its leading figures, Hashim Kassem, was detained last week following a public spat with a former government minister.
Free Current, a new coalition of Egyptian political parties, spoke out against President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's government for persecuting politicians in a rare act of dissent.
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Akmal Qortam, chairman of Egypt's Conservative Party and a member of the Free Current Movement, said: 'We need a new president, a new government, and a new parliament.'