A group of UN independent human rights experts have called on Egyptian authorities to "immediately and unconditionally" release activists arrested, apparently in retaliation, for discussing human rights issues with foreign ambassadors.
The human rights activists, from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), were arrested "within days" of a meeting with 13 foreign ambassadors and diplomats on 3 November, according to the UN human rights office (OHCHR). They face terrorism and public security charges.
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