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Egyptian rights group's director held in solitary confinement, lawyers say

Gasser Abdel-Razek and two of his colleagues were arrested in what experts say is a renewed crackdown on human rights defenders.
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Gasser Abdel-Razek, the head of one of Egypt’s top human rights organizations, has been held in solitary confinement following his arrest last week, his lawyers say. 

Egyptian security forces have arrested three senior members of the Cairo-based Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) this month in what’s viewed as an escalating crackdown on groups that promote fundamental freedoms in Egypt. 

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