THREE members of a leading Egyptian human rights group detained in Cairo last month have been freed following widespread international criticism.
The men, who worked for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, were accused of having links with a terror group and “spreading false news.”
The UN’s human rights agency had described the arrests as “chilling.”
Dozens of activists have been arrested under Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, who led the military’s overthrow of his democratically elected predecessor Mohammed Morsi in 2013 following protests against his rule.
Egypt, however, has repeatedly denied accusations of human rights violations. (BBC)
