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December 4, 2020

Egypt Frees Jailed Human Rights Workers After International Outcry
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Egypt has freed three human rights workers from prison amid
international outcry over an unprecedented crackdown on activists and
journalists. Gasser Abdel-Razek was arrested at his home last month,
just days after two other staffers for the Egyptian Initiative for
Personal Rights were also arrested. They had recently hosted foreign
diplomats to discuss human rights abuses in Egypt.


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