US will keep pressing Egypt on human rights: Blinken ...Kuwait

The United States will continue to encourage Egypt to take steps on human rights, including freeing more political prisoners and guaranteeing freedom of expression, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a visit to Cairo on Monday. Blinken arrived on Sunday in Egypt, the first stop in a three-day regional tour aimed to notch down Israeli-Palestinian tensions after a recent eruption of violence. Followed by meetings with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry and president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Blinken told reporters that Egypt had taken "important strides" in protecting religious freedoms, empowering women and releasing some prisoners. In recent months, Egyp

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