Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif ‘abducted’ in Cairo, family says

Sanaa Seif was filing a complaint at the public prosecutor's office when her family says she was forced into a minivan.
The sister (R) of Egyptian rights activist Sanaa Seif stands outside a court in Cairo on December 28, 2014, along with friends and relatives of the twenty-two other pro-democracy activists accused of holding an illegal protest last June, after an appeals court reduced the jail sentences from three years to two. The defendants were accused of holding an illegal protest on June 21 calling for the release of detainees and the annulment of a law that bans all but police-sanctioned demonstrations. They were also
The sister (R) of Egyptian rights activist Sanaa Seif stands outside a court in Cairo on Dec. 28, 2014, along with friends and relatives of the 22 other pro-democracy activists accused of holding an illegal protest last June, after an appeals court reduced the jail sentences from three years to two. - MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images
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Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif was abducted outside the public prosecutor’s office in Cairo, her sister said Tuesday. 

"Sanaa was just abducted by a microbus from in front of general prosecutor office!" Mona Seif tweeted. “Sanaa was ABDUCTED, and her abduction was facilitated by the official guards of the general prosecutor's office,” she added.

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