Egyptian activist dies in jail four days after arrest

‘An Egyptian political prisoner has died in a jail in al-Qalyubia Governorate north of the capital city of Cairo, Press TV reports.

The prisoner, named al-Sayed al-Rassd, lost his life allegedly as a result of torture in Banha jail in the Nile Delta region on Monday.

The 46-year-old detainee, who had six children, was arrested by Egyptian security forces on June 4.

According to a report released by the Egyptian Observatory for Rights and Freedoms on Monday, 139 people have died in detention facilities in the Arab country since President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi took the office in June last year.’

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