Hazem Hosny was arrested without a warrant and held incommunicado. His legal defence team called for him to be released immediately.[1] Hosny had earlier described Mohamed Ali as playing a "positive role" and described the new protest movement as having the potential to affect the "international formula that largely determines Sisi's continued rule". Hosny argued in favour of "[stripping] Sisi of his dictatorial control of the Egyptian state".[5]