CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian prosecutor ordered on Tuesday that a lawyer be detained for 15 days after the publication of a picture of him wearing a yellow vest similar to those worn by protesters in France, a local rights activist said. Alexandria’s public prosecutor ordered the detention of rights lawyer Mohamed Ramadan after the publication of a picture of him sporting a yellow vest in solidarity with the French protesters, said Mahienour al-Masry, an activist in the city. “They made us sign statements that we won’t sell yellow vests,” said one trader who like others declined to give his name. “Anyone who sells a single vest will put himself in big trouble.”He refused to sell any of the yellow vests in his shop window, which were priced at just over $1. Security sources confirmed that authorities had prevented industrial security suppliers from selling the yellow vests.

Source: Egypt Independent December 12, 2018 10:05 UTC