CAIRO: Egyptian prosecutors have detained a member of a group of satirists that posted a video mocking the government, a prosecution official and his lawyer said Sunday, amid a wide-ranging crackdown on dissidents.
Police arrested Ezzedine Khaled at his apartment on Saturday and he was remanded to custody for four days, his lawyer Mahmoud Ottman told AFP.
Khaled is a member of a group called Street Children that posts satirical songs on its Facebook page.
Its latest appears to have touched a nerve as police round up activists involved in April protests against President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
In the video, Khaled and other group members, who appear to be in their 20s, sarcastically interrogate one another.
“What do you have to say about the charges against you?” one of them asks. “I’m not (Muslim) Brotherhood!…,” another responds.
They then break out into a song about the devaluation of the Egyptian pound and the island deal. In another clip they mock El-Sisi and the police.
Ottman said his client is accused of “inciting protests and publishing a video that insulted state institutions.”
Police arrested Ezzedine Khaled at his apartment on Saturday and he was remanded to custody for four days, his lawyer Mahmoud Ottman told AFP.
Khaled is a member of a group called Street Children that posts satirical songs on its Facebook page.
Its latest appears to have touched a nerve as police round up activists involved in April protests against President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
In the video, Khaled and other group members, who appear to be in their 20s, sarcastically interrogate one another.
“What do you have to say about the charges against you?” one of them asks. “I’m not (Muslim) Brotherhood!…,” another responds.
They then break out into a song about the devaluation of the Egyptian pound and the island deal. In another clip they mock El-Sisi and the police.
Ottman said his client is accused of “inciting protests and publishing a video that insulted state institutions.”
