The Al-Azhar Media Centre denied on Friday circulated news about the arrest of Uyghur students from Al-Azhar University, according to a statement. “The Al-Azhar Media Centre watched closely the news circulated on social media websites of arrests of Turkestani students, and denied the arrest of any students inside the Al-Azhar University campus, or any of the Al-Azhar institutes,” the statement read. An alleged video of about 30 seconds showing Uyghur students from Al-Azhar arrested and handcuffed has been circulated on social media since 6 July. Abdelsalam explained that AFTE knew of the arrested students from statements of their colleagues, as well as some of Turkestani students who are hiding in fear of arrests and deportation, saying that several Uyghur students were arrested for an “unknown reason”. Turkestan media also speculated that the incident indicated a request by Chinese authorities for such action; however, Egyptian authorities have not yet commented on such statements.

Source: Daily News Egypt July 09, 2017 13:07 UTC