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A very quiet day for Egypt in the international press sees human rights stories take center stage.<\/strong> First, a coalition of rights groups are slamming France for \u201cparticipating in the bloody Egyptian repression of the past five years\u201d by supplying the country with weapons, Euronews reports<\/a><\/u>. 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<\/a><\/u>. You can check out the group\u2019s press release here (pdf)<\/a><\/u>. Meanwhile, Amnesty International called on the House of Representatives to reject and amend the \u201cdraconian\u201d cybercrimes and media acts. You can read Amnesty\u2019s statement here<\/a><\/u>. Also getting some pickup are a piece on the \u201ceconomy and repression\u201d five years after Morsi<\/a><\/u> and more archaeological discoveries<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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