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Egypt considers critics and political opponents as terrorists, world starting to push back

By Nina Larson – Egypt must stop using anti-terrorism laws to muzzle critics and even keep them in pre-trial detention indefinitely, dozens of countries told the UN on Friday. In a rare oral rebuke of Egypt at the United Nations Human Rights Council, 31 countries issued a joint statement voicing alarm at restrictions on free expression and assembly in the country suffered by political opponents, right defenders and journalists. The group of mainly European countries, but also including the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, pointed to “the constrained space for civil society and political opposition”. They expressed particular concern at “the application of terrorism legislation against peaceful critics.” “We are deeply concerned about the application of terrorism legislation against human rights activists, LGBTI persons, journalists, politicians and lawyers,” said Kirsti Kauppi, Finland’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, reading the joint statement v

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Egypt receives rare international rebuke for human rights violations

Egypt receives rare international rebuke for human rights violations Borzou Daragahi © Provided by The Independent More than 30 nations on Friday signed on a scathing condemnation of Egypt’s record of human rights abuses under rule of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, a staunch partner of the west and an enthusiastic customer of its weapons. The statement, issued during the ongoing session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, urged Egypt to halt repression of human rights and civil society activists, dissidents, lawyers, critics and LGBTI individuals, many of them persecuted under the blanket excuse of fighting terrorism. Among those signing the statement were the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy. These western states are key economic and military partners of Mr Sisi’s Cairo regime, which came to power nearly eight years ago after toppling the country’s first freely elected president.

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U S Signs UN Joint Statement Condemning Egyptian Human Rights Abuses

U.S. Signs UN Joint Statement Condemning Egyptian Human Rights Abuses 03/12/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) – For the first time since 2014, the U.S. signed on to the UN Human Rights Council’s joint statement on Egypt, which called on the government to lift curbs on freedoms of expression and assembly. The statement demanded in particular that Egypt end the use of vague “terrorism” charges to hold human rights defenders and civil society activists in extended pre-trial detentions. The U.S. sign-on comes in a rare move on the part of Washington, which has avoided criticizing Egypt, a close regional ally, but President Biden has promised to speak out against human rights violations and abuses of law both within Egypt and worldwide. The U.S. signature on the statement is important in bringing international attention and pressure to the situation in Egypt, which has been steadily growing worse since the current president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, overthrew the

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US joins West in rare criticism of Egypt on human rights abuses

US joins West in rare criticism of Egypt on human rights abuses
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U S joins West in rare criticism of Egypt on human rights abuses

U S joins West in rare criticism of Egypt on human rights abuses
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