The Times of Israel Egypt arrests lawyer opposed to giving two islands to Saudis A prominent Egyptian rights lawyer who had raised a legal suit against the president's decision to hand two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia was arrested early on Friday and ordered held in custody for 15 days, pending investigation into a list of allegations, including attempts to overthrow the government. Malek Adly's detention came amid a wave of arrests in Egypt as security forces put down protests against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi decision on the islands. Adly, a member of the April 6 youth movement that was part of the uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, has appeared on TV talk shows, speaking out against the islands' handover. Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-lawyer-who-opposed-decision-to-hand-two-islands-to-saudis-arrested/ Reuters Egypt gives Italy phone records of union chief – source Egypt has handed over the mobile phone records of the head of a street vendors union to Italian investigators who are looking into the killing in Cairo of student Giulio Regeni, a legal source said on Friday. Regeni, who was doing postgraduate research into the union, was last seen by his friends on Jan. 25. His body, which showed extensive signs of torture, was found in a roadside ditch on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital on Feb. 3. Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-egypt-italian-records-idUKKCN0XX1ZR
