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While it is heartwarming to see friends and family posting pictures on social media of smiling and exhausted former prisoners who spent years in pretrial detention, Egypt’s international partners should recognize publicly that piecemeal releases do not indicate an end to the extensive repression practiced by the current government.
Release comes a few days after authorities freed 41 detainees — including several prominent writers and activists — who had been held for months also without trial
Thousands of political prisoners, however, are estimated to remain in Egyptian jails.
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Thousands of political prisoners, however, are estimated to remain in Egyptian jails.Egyptian authorities have freed three journalists, the head of a