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Members of the Egyptian security forces
A leading Egyptian human rights organization said security forces arrested a high-ranking member on Wednesday, three days after its managing director was arrested on charges including joining a terrorist group.
Monday’s arrest came after senior diplomats visited the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights in order to obtain information on the human rights situation on November 3.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said: “Officials from the National Security Agency arrested Karim Anara, director of the organization’s criminal justice unit, this Wednesday afternoon while on vacation at the Dahab resort with view of the Red Sea, and took him to an unknown place. “
He added: “The Supreme State Security Prosecutor’s Office ordered the arrest of the organization’s administrative director, Muhammad Bashir, for 15 days, accused of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and data and financing terrorism,” after he was arrested at his home early Sunday morning.
Urgent:
Karim Anara, director of the Egyptian Initiative Criminal Justice Unit, was arrested by a National Security force while on vacation in Dahab in South Sinai and taken to an unknown destination at 2pm on Wednesday.#Egypt#human rights– Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights EIPR (@EIPR) November 18, 2020
Amnesty International condemned what it described as “the terrifying escalation of the Egyptian authorities’ campaign against civil society”.
#Egypt: Amnesty International strongly condemns the detention of the Egyptian authorities, Karim Anara, Director of the Criminal Justice Unit of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, South Sinai, where he was on vacation. His whereabouts are unknown. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/GTh51cAzmL
– Amnesty International (@AmnestyAR) November 18, 2020
Reuters reported that it was not yet possible to obtain comment from the Egyptian Interior Ministry.
Source: Reuters
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