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Egypt police confiscate rights group’s publication

By SARAH EL DEEB
Published June 15, 2014 6:37pm ET
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Egypt police confiscate rights group’s publication
A cover image of the newsletter Wasla, or Link, on the website of the Arab Network for Human Rights Information, an Egyptian human rights and legal center focusing on freedom of expression and Internet freedom in the region, makes a parody of the political situation in Egypt. Egyptian security forces confiscated copies of the newsletter, and arrested a worker in the print shop, in Cairo, Egypt, June 15, 2014, saying the publication threatened the government. Arabic reads, "Go on Normandy" in the bubble, and "Psychological and social analysis of the rise of El-Sissi" and "Why I support Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (Egypt's newly elected president)." (AP Photo/Arab Network for Human Rights Information) | Uncredited

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces confiscated copies of a human rights group’s newsletter and arrested a print shop worker, saying the publication threatened the government, the head of the group said Sunday.

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