US: Don’t Green Light Egypt’s Repression

Expand President Donald Trump shakes hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. © 2017 AP Images © 2017 AP Images (Beirut) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s visit to the White House on April 9, 2019 comes at a time when his government has been stifling dissent before a planned constitutional referendum that will institutionalize repression, Human Rights Watch said today. United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly avoided raising human rights concerns in Egypt and instead praised al-Sisi for doing “an outstanding…

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