Cairo accused of 'punishment by proxy' after British-Egyptian woman arrested over sister's activism

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Lawyers say Egypt detained Eman el-Shazly to pressure her UK-based sister into ending her criticism of President Sisi There is mounting alarm over the treatment of a British-Egyptian woman detained in Egypt on what her lawyers say are politically motivated charges intended to silence her sister. Egyptian security personnel detained Eman el-Shazly, a 45-year-old mother of four from Birmingham, while she was visiting Egypt on 16 August. Her lawyer said the authorities arrested her to intimidate th