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Egypt arrests three leading President Sisi political opponents: security sources

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a statement at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France November 26, 2014. Those arrested were his political opponents and leading opposition figures. [Reuters]

Egyptian authorities arrested three leading opposition figures on Thursday including a former senior diplomat who had called for a referendum on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government, security sources said.

No specific charges had yet been laid against the men, but they were arrested on the orders of Egypt’s public prosecutor, the sources said. Egypt’s interior ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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