ISTANBUL (AA) – The Egyptian authorities on Thursday detained nine people, including seven women, according to sources close to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group.
Several Brotherhood sources told Anadolu Agency that the nine had been detained from their homes in Cairo and Giza in the early hours of Thursday.
Their whereabouts remain unknown until now, the sources said.
According to the same sources, Aisha, the daughter of jailed Brotherhood deputy leader Khairat al-Shater, was arrested alongside her husband, lawyer and rights activist Mohamed Abu Hurayrah.
Bahaa Ouda, the brother of jailed Brotherhood member (and former supply minister) Bassem Ouda, was also detained, the sources added, speaking anonymously due to concerns for their safety.
Hoda Abdel-Moneim, a prominent female opposition figure and former member of Egypt’s state-run Human Rights Council, was also reportedly among those rounded up.
The Egyptian authorities, for their part, have yet to comment on the reported rash of detentions.
In 2013, Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected president, was ousted and imprisoned in a bloody military coup.
Since then, the Egyptian authorities have waged a relentless crackdown on dissent, killing hundreds of political opponents and throwing thousands more behind bars.
