Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the Red Sea islands case, a new trial is scheduled to take place on 22 October in the governorate of Beheira, with 18 defendants facing charges of protesting, joining an outlawed organisation, and inciting violence. “Photojournalist Mahmoud Ashour was arrested while attending a wedding,” defence lawyer Abdullah Al-Nashar told Daily News Egypt on Sunday. The Red Sea islands case dealt with the public outrage against the government’s decision to relinquish control of Tiran and Sanafir islands, located in the Red Sea, to the Saudi Arabia. “Students surprisingly discovered the disappearance of two pieces of the country’s land which were the islands of Tiran and Sanafir. This was not the first time students in schools or in universities received controversial material on the Red Sea islands case.

Source: Daily News Egypt October 16, 2016 15:45 UTC