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EU countries including Germany, Finland, and Denmark <\/strong>voiced their concerns<\/strong><\/a> about Egypt\u2019s human rights record yesterday during <\/strong>a UN OHCHR\u2019s general debate<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> The countries accusations included restricting civil society and the systemic silencing of the media. This came as UN human rights experts strongly condemned<\/a> on Tuesday a decision by the Egyptian prosecutor to seek the death penalty for photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid (a.k.a Shawkan)<\/a>, who was arrested while covering anti-government protests in 2013.Egypt\u2019s UN Ambassador Alaa Youssef rejected \u201cunfounded allegations\u201d made by the EU countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EU countries including Germany, Finland, and Denmark voiced their concerns about Egypt\u2019s human rights record yesterday during a UN OHCHR\u2019s general debate. The countries accusations included restricting civil society and the systemic silencing of the media. 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