Satire leads Egypt youth troupe to prison
The Egyptian authorities seem to be taking a break from fighting terrorism to zealously track down young entertainers.
They weren’t planting bombs, attacking people or even defacing public property, but the members of an Egyptian troupe called Street Children have been detained and investigated for allegedly inciting protests and spreading “terrorist [ideas] that insult the president.”
The troupe released a satirical music video May 2 in which they called on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to leave office. The decision to detain the young men has raised a great deal of controversy and angered many, both among the president’s opponents as well as media figures supportive of him, while others welcomed the move.
