Egypt arrests executive director of prominent rights group in latest crackdown

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A prominent Egyptian rights group said security agents arrested its executive director on Thursday, days after two other senior members were detained under charges including joining a terrorist group.
"Gasser Abdel Razek was detained by security sources from his home in Maadi and taken to an unknown location," the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) tweeted late on Thursday.
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