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UN warns of 'chronic arbitrary detention' in Egypt

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 3:23 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 19 June 2018 3:23 PM ]

Summary 1) UN warns of chronic arbitrary detention in Egypt 2) Egypt is at a dangerous crossroads after the United Nations highlighted a significant escalation" in the crackdown against the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly in Egypt. 3) The UN warns of a "chronic problem" of arbitrary detention in the North African country. With self-styled Egyptian strong man President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sworn in as Egyptian leader for his second four-year term, the media has been further silenced with freedoms won by the 2011 revolution rolled back. Vocal critics of Sisi have been jailed or disappeared with observers now wondering whats next for the country as Sisi continues his march- seemingly unchecked. 4) With many high-profile critics of the president jailed, the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva We are extremely concerned that arrests like this, often followed by harsh sentences, and often for simply exercising the rights to freedom of opinion, expression and assembly, have become commonplace. And this may well be a new, bleak dawn for the future of Egypt.

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