http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/08/
„Egyptian activists fear crackdown on Islamists will widen to other dissidents
Fears grow of expanding campaign against government opponents as leading activist from 2011 revolution is arrested
Egyptian activists fear the country’s new army-backed regime will follow a crackdown on Islamist allies of the former president, Mohamed Morsi, with a wider campaign against those opposed to both Morsi and the military.
It follows the arrest of one of the leading activists from the 2011 revolution on charges of attempting to bring down the government, and the news – published in Egypt’s flagship state newspaper, and then later denied – that 35 other prominent secular activists are also under investigation.
Haitham Mohamedein, a high-profile lawyer and key figure in Egypt’s labour and revolutionary movements, was released without charge after being arrested and taken to a police court on Friday. The state prosecution office also denied to the Guardian on Sunday that any of the 35 other activists were at risk of legal proceedings.