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Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Dec 3, 2020

Among prominent people who pushed for the release of three Egyptian human rights advocates who were freed Thursday in Cairo was actor Scarlett Johansson, who said they had been held on “bogus charges.” Here, Mila Kunis supports Johansson as she speaks during the Women's March Los Angeles 2018 on Jan. 20, 2018, in Los Angeles. — Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images

Egypt has released three human rights campaigners whose arrests last month triggered widespread international condemnation, their organization said Thursday.

“I can confirm my friends and @eipr colleagues Gasser, Basheer and Karim have been released and are home which I guess means we (and you) managed to #FreeEIPRstaff,” tweeted Hossam Bahgat, the founder of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.

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