Egypt

120 policemen charged with ‘protest law’, dismissed from working at airport

A security source said Cairo Airport security applied the protest law to 120 policemen and dismissed them for participating in a strike. 
 
They also ordered the arrest of six others involved in the event.
 
Abdel Hamid Darwish, the leader of the strike, was arrested on Tuesday.
 
The policemen went on strike when a colleague of theirs was dismissed for allegedly harassing a foreign tourist last Friday. 
 
He was also allegedly found carrying narcotics.
 
The strike's spokesperson said the charges are false and assured that the strike was peaceful.
 
 
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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