Egypt: CPJ, Others Request Update On Egyptian Journalist Alaa Abdelfattah From UN Working Group On Arbitrary Detention

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 26 press freedom and human rights organizations in an April 17 letter to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) seeking updates regarding the urgent appeal filed on November 14, 2023, about the case of jailed Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdelfattah.

The appeal was submitted by 34 organizations, including CPJ, and urged the UNWGAD to consider Abdelfattah’s case and issue its opinion on whether the journalist’s detention is arbitrary and contrary…

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