Whether youre joining us in the room here, and i lot of you are, or your joining us online, thank you for being here our smart women, smart power event tonight. Were excited and delighted that seven ambassadors currently representing their countries here in washington can join us for a look at the view of the u. S. From abroad. And as you may have noticed, they happen to all be female ambassadors and they are just a subset of those representing their countries here in washington. Before we begin, ill get to introducing the ambassadors in a few moments, but first i want to give you a few social media reminders. We hope youre following us on twitter smart women and there should have been hand outs. Hopefully you got them with all the ambassadors twitter handles and if youre live tweeting we ask that you use the cse live. We do have a itunes course with our smart women events. We hope that youre following those as well. Our smart women smart power Speaker Series wouldnt be possible withou
Egypt frees activists amid criticism of rights record 19 Jul 2021 / 11:14 H. (FILES) In this file photo taken on November 7, 2011, Egyptian activist and journalist Esraa Abdel-Fattah arrives at Glamour Magazine’s 21st annual Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall in New York. -AFP
CAIRO: Egypt on Sunday freed six activists including journalist Esraa Abdel-Fattah, a symbol of the 2011 revolution, just days after Washington warned Cairo over a crackdown on rights activists.
Since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2014, the former army chief has overseen a sweeping crackdown on dissent.
On Wednesday, the United States warned Egypt not to target rights campaigners, saying the issue would be a factor in arms sales to its Arab ally.
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