Greece ‘worked with Egypt to stall criticism of Sisi’

A leaked memo claims that Egyptian foreign ministry officials worked together with Greek diplomats to mitigate criticism of Cairo’s horrific human rights abuses, according to reports. The memo describes concerted efforts by Greek officials to pressure their European Union counterparts to drop any reference to Egypt in a 2017 statement to the UN Human Rights Council or block any objections to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s abysmal human rights record, Middle East Eye reported. The memo was reportedly written by foreign ministry officials under incumbent Egyptian Foreign Minister Same…

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