Ettehadiya case information

The Ettehadiya case is a controversial legal case in Egypt where thousands of protesters went down to the Ittihadiya Palace, the Presidential offices in Cairo, asking for the repeal of the newly issued protest law as part of the international day for the solidarity with the Egyptian detainees on 21 June 2014.^[1][2] The march headed for the Heliopolis presidential Palace was demanding the repeal of the protest law and the release of prisoners of conscience - including prominent human rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah - was attacked by security forces using teargas and at least 30 activists were arrested among them award winning human rights defender Yara Sallam, young activist and filmmaker Sanaa Seif, and contemporary art dancer Mohamed Anwar Masoud Moftah (known as Anno).