As Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi widens his crackdown on government critics, a bipartisan group of foreign policy experts including former officials urged US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to call out America's longtime ally for human rights abuses.
“The United States should make clear it is watching,” the Working Group on Egypt wrote in a letter addressed to Pompeo Tuesday. “As one of Egypt’s most important international partners, the United States has a responsibility to use its influence with Sisi to halt these egregious abuses of internationally recognized human rights.”
