Amnesty International called on the Egyptian authorities on Wednesday to immediately release the founder of a human rights organisation and 13 other defendants who are being tried under absurd char.
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"The 14 individuals have been arbitrarily detained since 2018 and are being tried by an emergency state security court, violating their right to a fair trial," the UK-based human rights watchdog said in a statement.
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