Egypt receives rare international rebuke for human rights violations Borzou Daragahi © Provided by The Independent
More than 30 nations on Friday signed on a scathing condemnation of Egypt’s record of human rights abuses under rule of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, a staunch partner of the west and an enthusiastic customer of its weapons.
The statement, issued during the ongoing session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, urged Egypt to halt repression of human rights and civil society activists, dissidents, lawyers, critics and LGBTI individuals, many of them persecuted under the blanket excuse of fighting terrorism.
Among those signing the statement were the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy. These western states are key economic and military partners of Mr Sisi’s Cairo regime, which came to power nearly eight years ago after toppling the country’s first freely elected president.
US joins West in rare criticism of Egypt on human rights abuses
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