Egypt: All 10 Egyptian Journalists Named in RSF Letter Detained Arbitrarily, UN Says

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The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has concluded that all of the ten journalists named in a letter it received last year from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are or were detained arbitrarily. RSF welcomes this decision and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the seven still held.

This important finding by the Working Group, which has just been made public, was reached during its 90th session, held from 3 to 12 May. It was issued in response to the letter that RSF sent on 30 April 2020 denouncing the Egyptian government's systematic use of arbitrary detention against critical journalists, and citing ten cases.

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