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– RSF refers arbitrary detention in Egypt to UN Working Group (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 2, 2018

RSF asks UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to formally recognize the arbitrary nature of the detention of Egyptian journalists Hisham Gaafar and Wael Abbas
Source: MEDIA FEED

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