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The US has approved a number of arms sales to countries in the Middle East amid objections to their records on human rights.
Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 saw the further erosion of Palestinian rights.
The explosion along the main gas pipeline supplying North Sinai's capital did not cause any casualties, the provincial governor said.
Two roadside bombs exploded on Thursday in the northern Sinai, where Egyptian forces are battling an Islamic State group insurgency.
The IED attacks that have multiplied in the vast, remote and sparsely populated region which authorities have declared off-limits to journalists.
Comment: The Egyptian and French presidents are attempting to control the meaning of Islam to enact their domestic, authoritarian agendas, writes Sam Hamad.
Egyptian authorities arrested a third member of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a leading local human rights group, in less than a week.
Egyptian human rights defenders Karim Ennarah and Mohammed Basheer were arrested following a meeting with several western diplomats on human rights.
Egyptian authorities arrested a second staff member of EIPR, a leading local human rights group
Saddam Al-Kilany, 29, remained underwater for a total of 145 hours and 30 minutes.
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