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The #Egyptian government has arrested at least 10 journalists since the #coronavirus was detected in the country, a local human rights group said, accusing authorities of seizing on the pandemic to accelerate a long-running campaign against dissent. google.com/amp/s/www.thes…

The wave of detentions comes even as authorities across the world release inmates in a scramble to curb the spread of the virus in prisons, where social distancing and other preventative measures prove impossible, said @anhri the Arab Network for Human Rights Information. #Egypt

The #Egyptian government has not released political detainees to prevent an outbreak, and instead put an end to family visits in prisons as a precautionary step. #COVIDー19

“The health conditions in #Egyptian prisons have deteriorated, and inmates are not receiving necessary health care,” the network said, pointing to the case of Shady Habash, a young Egyptian filmmaker detained for two years without trial who died suddenly this month.