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'Detainees are being held in illegal locations': Human Rights Watch speaks out about the crackdown in Egypt

Tahrir Square

Closed square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, 27 September 2019. Source: AAP

Amr Magdi, researcher in the Middle East and North Africa division at Human Rights Watch, estimated nearly 2500 detainees have been held by the Egyptian authorities in the past 2 weeks.



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