Financial Times FT.com

Egyptian police detain opposition members

By William Wallis in Cairo

Published: November 28 2005 17:16 | Last updated: November 28 2005 17:16

Egypt’s police detained 200 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on Monday in a crackdown that the banned opposition movement said was designed to limit its chances in a final round of legislative elections due later this week.

Final results printed in official media on Monday gave Islamist candidates – running as nominally independent because the Brotherhood is banned – 29 more seats in run-off voting in the city of Alexandria and other areas on Saturday.

You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the button below.

Read this