A very quiet day for Egypt in the international press sees human rights stories take center stage. First, a coalition of rights groups are slamming France for “participating in the bloody Egyptian repression of the past five years” by supplying the country with weapons, Euronews reports. The objections come as Defense Minister Mohamed Zaky made his way to Paris yesterday for cooperation talks with several French officials, according to an Armed Forces statement. You can check out the group’s press release here (pdf). Meanwhile, Amnesty International called on the House of Representatives to reject and amend the “draconian” cybercrimes and media acts. You can read Amnesty’s statement here. Also getting some pickup are a piece on the “economy and repression” five years after Morsi and more archaeological discoveries.

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