🇺 🇳 UN urges Egypt to release human rights activists

The United Nations has urged Egypt to release three members of a rights group arrested within days of each other, adding to international pressure on the country over the case.

The call came on Friday as the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) was targeted after several ambassadors and diplomats visited its Cairo office on November 3.

Security forces arrested EIPR office manager Mohamed Basheer on Sunday, before detaining researcher Karim Ennarah on Wednesday and executive director Gasser Abdel-Razek on Thursday.

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