Egypt criticized for arrests of human rights advocates
The Trump administration, the Biden Campaign and the United Nations also expressed concern about the arrests.
The governments of several nations whose delegates met with members of an Egyptian human rights organization in Cairo earlier this month have spoken out against the Sisi government’s arrest of three lead members of the group in response to the meeting.
The governments of Canada, Germany, Ireland, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have spoken out against the arrest of top leaders of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a Cairo-based think tank that advocates for civil liberties and economic and social justice.
Egyptian security forces detained executive director Jasser Abdel Razek, criminal justice initiative director Karim Ennarah and administrative director Mohammed Bashir earlier this week on allegations that include joining a terrorist organization and spreading false news.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab spoke with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry about the arrests.
