{"id":19386,"date":"2018-10-22T07:23:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T07:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=19386"},"modified":"2018-10-22T07:23:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T07:23:45","slug":"egypt-arrests-economist-abdel-khalik-farouk-over-critical-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=19386","title":{"rendered":"Egypt arrests economist Abdel Khalik Farouk over ‘critical book’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Egyptian police have arrested economist Abdel Khalik Farouk after the publication of his book in which he is critically analysing the country’s economic and social crises, the author’s wife and a lawyer said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Farouk’s detention on Sunday came days after local media reported that copies of his book, entitled “Is Egypt<\/a> really a poor country?” were seized by authorities from a publisher.<\/p>\n

Farouq’s wife told Reuters news agency that three policemen who came to their home said the arrest was in connection with the book.<\/span><\/p>\n

She was later allowed to deliver food, medicine and clothes to him at a local police station, she said.<\/p>\n

“He was officially arrested and will be presented to the state security prosecutor tomorrow because of this book,” AFP news agency cited Gamal Eid, a lawyer, as saying.<\/p>\n

According to Eid, who heads the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, the prosecutor would specify the main charges against Farouk on Monday.<\/p>\n

Since President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi<\/a> came to power in 2014, human rights groups have accused Egyptian authorities of muzzling all dissent.<\/p>\n

The authorities say they aim to fight against terrorism and the “spreading of false information”.<\/p>\n

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