ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Demands Release of Egyptian Human Rights Leaders
NEW YORK — ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Executive Director Anthony D. Romero today issued the following statement in response to the Egyptian government’s of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) Executive Director Gasser Abdel Razek:
“Because President Trump has cozied up to strongmen leaders across the globe, the Egyptian government believes it can jail the country’s leading human rights activists with impunity. The incoming Biden administration must work quickly to restore U.S. leadership in the world on human rights. Gasser Abdel Razek and his staff should be immediately released.�
EIPR is the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµâ€™s sister organization in Egypt — advocating for the rights of all people in that country. EIPR and the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ are also founding members of the International Network for Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO).