Responding to the arbitrary arrest of Mohamed Basheer, the Administrative Manager at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), over bogus charges, Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Research and Advocacy Director said: “By arresting Mohamed Basheer, a member of staff at one of Egypt’s most prominent independent human rights organizations, the … Continue reading Egypt: Authorities arrest a staff member of prominent human rights organization in reprisal for a meeting with diplomats