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Wednesday, 21 August 2019

Egypt in the news on 21 August 2019

Mo Salah “sets the record straight” on Warda controversy: Mohamed Salah sat down for an interview with CNN to “set the record straight” on his role in the Amr Warda controversy and his position on women’s rights in the region. Salah didn’t really back down from his position, saying that his defense of Warda was “misunderstood”, and that anyone guilty of intimidating women needs “treatment and rehabilitation.” The National and NBC affiliate WTVA have both picked up the story.

UN shelves Cairo anti-torture conference: The UN has put on a hold an anti-torture conference scheduled to take in place in Cairo on 4-5 September following criticism from human rights organizations, the Guardian reports. Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN high commissioner for human rights, said that there was a “growing unease” among some NGOs over the decision to hold the event in Egypt. Local and international human rights groups have criticized the choice of location, with one Egyptian activist describing the situation as “Kafkaesque.” Reuters also picked up the story.

A British family is suing travel company Thomas Cook after getting food poisoning at Hurghada’s Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel last year, the Daily Mail reports. This follows the death of a British couple who stayed in the same hotel at roughly the same time, which was linked to e-coli.

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