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October 16, 2019

Egypt Tortured Journalist & Activist Esraa Abdel Fattah in Custody
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Human rights organizations are condemning the Egyptian government for
the detention and torture of journalist and human rights activist Esraa
Abdel Fattah. Egyptian security forces abducted her from her car at
night on October 12. She says she was then beaten and strangled by
officers. She is one of at least 3,000 people who have been arrested
since rare protests against Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi late
last month.


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