Egyptian government conducts mass arrest campaign against human rights workers, lawyers and activists (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News November 20, 2018

Many of those arrested were people who provided humanitarian and legal support to families of political detainees.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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