Human rights + gender violence receive attention in the foreign press

It’s a mixed bag in the pages of the foreign press this morning: The Times has more reporting on the calls being made on the British government to secure the release of Alaa Abdel Fattah and get Karim Ennarah off the Egyptian government’s travel ban list. Meanwhile, The National reports on a rise in gender-based violence in Egypt, and AFP spotlights a family of Egyptian artisans responsible for producing the kiswa that adorns the Kaaba.