Egypt arrests students promoting pro-Palestinian boycotts: Reuters

Egyptian authorities have detained a group of students who expressed support for Palestine and the boycott movement against Israel, Reuters reported.

The students were reportedly among a group of demonstrators arrested in connection with anti-Israeli protests that took place in October.

Earlier this month, Egypt arrested three students for attempting to set up a group named "Students for Palestine", Nabeh el-Ganadi, a human rights lawyer representing two of the students, told Reuters.

At least 125 people have been arrested since the war broke out in Gaza, with 95 of them held in pre-trial detention, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, an independent Cairo-based group.