Egypt’s Parliament has expelled an MP who was an outspoken critic of the government’s human rights record. Mohammed Anwar Sadat, a nephew of the late President Anwar Sadat, was accused of forging signatures on a draft bill and leaking sensitive information to foreign organisations. Speaker Ali Abdel Aal said 468 of the 596 MPs in parliament, which is dominated by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s supporters, voted to unseat him. Mr Sadat has denied the allegations.
Mr Sadat was chairman of the House of Representatives’ committee on human rights until last August, when he resigned over the failure to address abuse allega