Update: 450 people arrested nationwide on January 25 anniversary
At least 450 people were arrested nationwide on the third anniversary of the January 25 revolution, including one Jordanian national, according to security sources.
Among those arrested, 15 people in Mohandiseen were detained during the Mostafa Mahmoud protest marches on Saturday, 10 of which are members of the April 6 Youth Movement.
According to rights activists' reports, dozens were also arrested during a protest in the Cairo neighborhood of Maadi, including prominent activist Nazly Hussein.
Meanwhile, before protests and celebrations began nationwide to commemorate the anniversary of the January 25 revolution, Strong Egypt Party (SEP) member Mohamed al-Baqir, along with Masrena movement’s Amr Medhat and activist Mohamed Saeed, were "randomly" arrested in Nasr City as they were inspecting the arrest of fellow activist Haitham Ghoniem, the rights and freedoms committee of SEP reported.
The three activists are currently being interrogated by the Nasr City Prosecution, and are facing charges of possessing flyers calling for protests. No decision by prosecution has been issued to date.
Activist Mona Seif also reported the arrest of four members of the April 6 Youth Movement – Mohamed Basala, Khairy Rashed, Ahmed Moussa and Ahmed Gouda – in the Delta governorate of Monufiya, but the charges against them remain unknown.
One more SEP member was briefly detained in the southern governorate of Minya, Seif reported.
Meanwhile, police forces arrested 29 members of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood in eight governorates, the state-run Middle East News Agency reported on Saturday.
The detained were accused of burning and storming police stations, as well as inciting violence.
Five Brotherhood members were arrested in Giza, as well as one in Fayoum, one in Alexandria, one in Assiut, six in Qalyubiya, five in Port Said and 10 in Qena.
Another Brotherhood member was arrested in Alexandria on allegations of turning his flat into a headquarters for the Qatari-based Al Jazeera network. The channel was banned from broadcasting in Egypt after a court order was issued in August. Since the ouster of deposed President Mohamed Morsi, four of the network's staff have been arrested.
Lawyer Ahmed Ezzat reported that police stations are "closed off to lawyers trying to reach arrested activists," as two lawyers attempted to reach a group of activists arrested from the Maadi protest, but failed.
Ezzat stated that lawyers Amr Imam and Mahmoud Belal were prevented from accessing the Maadi Police station. They were reportedly beaten by security forces, who threatened to shoot both lawyers if they did not leave immediately.
Meanwhile, random citizen arrests near Ibrahimiya Bridge in Alexandria are on the rise. Numbers are difficult to track, local reporters say.
Privately-owned Al-Wadi news website reported that 12 members of the Revolution Path Front were arrested by security forces in Alexandria.
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