(MENAFN) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is facing faced calls to be prosecuted for treason following a court's ruling against his government over the proposed transfer of the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia.
In detail, the hashtag "Tiran and Sanafir are Egyptian" rose to the top of Egypt's trending hashtags following the verdict " but was swiftly replaced by "One million signatures to prosecute Sisi" and "Sisi is a traitor by verdict of the court".
A top Egyptian court on Monday rejected the plan to transfer the two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a deal that provoked outrage among Egyptians.
Moreover, the government had appealed against a lower court ruling in June that found the controversial border demarcation agreement was illegal.
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