source: Madamasr
actor1: Protesters (Egypt)
actor2: N/A
location: Marsa Matruh
notes: On 31 January 2021, as part of a multi-day long protest, approximately 150 lawyers protested outside the Matruh Lawyers Syndicate in Marsa Matruh (Marsa Matruh, Matruh), protesting against an assault that occurred that week in which police assaulted 6 lawyers inside the police station. Numbers had grown from dozens of lawyers to 150 over the course of the weekend. At this stage, the lawyers planned to maintain a sit-in until there is justice for the assaulted lawyers. [size=approximately 150]