Seif with Defendants
Veteran Egyptian human rights lawyer and activist Ahmad Seif El-Islam has died at the age of 63. He had suffered a heart attack two weeks ago.
Seif (1951-2014), an attorney, has actively defended protesters and activists for decades; though from the political left himself, he defended clients from across the political spectrum. He resigned from the Human Rights Council to protest the 2013 coup.
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