alexandria egypt court alexandria order detention lead right activist mahienour el-massry charge illegally protest june egyptian government decision transfer two red sea islands saudi arabia el-massry detain egypt second large city along activist moatasim medhat hold pending trial illegal assembly dec. 30 misdemeanour court say pair lawyer taher abo nasser say deny charge add evidence protest take place decision come shock us mahienour remain strong accept abo nasser say plan cede islands saudi arabia announce last year become mire political protest legal action opponents plan say egypt sovereignty islands date back 1906 saudi arabia found saudi egyptian officials say islands belong kingdom egyptian control riyadh ask cairo 1950 protect egyptian activists detain court protest red sea islands transfer