Document - Egypt: End stranglehold on Muslim Brotherhood AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

8 February 2010

Egypt: End stranglehold on Muslim Brotherhood

Following the arrest of at least 15 members of the Muslim Brotherhood this morning, Amnesty International calls on the Egyptian authorities to stop their crackdown on peaceful political dissent and uphold the rights to freedoms of expression, association and assembly in Egypt. The move comes a week before Egypt’s human rights record is to fall under UN scrutiny in the framework of the Universal Periodic Reviewon 17 February. Read more.....

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE12/007/2010/en/264f5149-eb32-4dce-bb33-1b932b127111/mde120072010en.html