Human rights is everywhere this morning

Human rights is leading coverage in the foreign press this morning, in the wake of a HumanRightsWatch report that is getting play everywhere from the BBC to the Washington Post.

Egypt has postponed the trial of activist Hossam Bahgat for tweeting criticism of alleged electoral fraud, AFP reports. The postponement comes after authoritiesin July released six activists and journalists from pre-trial detention.

On the other side of the human rights debate, an op-ed in The Hill by the former top Pentagon Middle East policy official argues against proposals by some Democratic lawmakers to partially withhold US security funding to Egypt on the basis of alleged human rights violations.