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Several MBs Arrested Across Egypt As Crackdown Intensifies

Egyptian security forces stormed the houses of several MB leaders in Cairo arresting Prof. Dr. Houssam Abu Bakr el Sedeek, prominent engineer and Prof. at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, and the general administrator of the MB Cairo office. According to Ikhwanweb sources, several other MB members from and around Cairo have been arrested but their names are yet to be confirmed.

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Egyptian security forces stormed the houses of several MB leaders in Cairo arresting Prof. Dr. Houssam Abu Bakr el Sedeek, prominent engineer and Prof. at the Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, and the general administrator of the MB Sharq Alkahera office. According to Ikhwanweb sources, several other MB members from and around Cairo have been arrested, their names are,
 
Dr.Osama Naser
Hassan Shaalan
Dr. Ibrahim Mustafa
Eng. Hisham Saqr (Cairo)
Ashraf Abdel-Samee
Dr. Mohamed Saad Alioua (Giza)
Dr. Osama Nasr MB Administrative Office member in Alexandria
Ali Abdel-Fattah
Isam Al-Haddad (Alexandria)
Mohamed Al-Aezzbawi (Al-Ghrbia)
Al-Husseini Mohammad Al-Shami (Al-Mansoura-Dakahliya)
Waleed Shalabi (Abu Hammad – Al-Sharqia), Islamic writer
 
Dr. Mohamed Habib, MB Deputy Chairman, condemned the arbitrary arrests among members of the MB across Egypt, which he described as an attack on their civil liberties and constitutional rights. He asserted that these latest arrests against leaders of civil and peaceful movement are designed to undermine the MB ability to participate in political activities especially after its impressive victory in the 2005 parliamentary elections.

Meanwhile, Khaled Hamza, Ikhwanweb editor, confirmed the security raids and the arrest of Prof. Abu Bakr el Sedeek, and reaffirmed that these arrests will not undermine the MB"s path to democracy and reform. He added that MB and the liberal pro-democracy opposition will not be intimidated by these arbitrary arrests and will stay the course of peaceful reform.