Human rights continues to dominate the conversation on Egypt in the international press, with AP and Reuters picking up the latest on the case of Giulio Regeni (see above) and the New York Times covering the case of Gasser Abdel Razek, the detained co-founder of rights group EIPR. Meanwhile, Defense News says that foreign policy and commercial ties both play a role in the uptick in military drills Egypt has conducted of late.

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