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	Podcast:		The Interview
	Episode:		Freed activist Ramy Shaath says 'arbitrary detentions' on the rise in Egypt
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:11:54
	Publish Date:		2022-01-28 17:52:18
	Description:		FRANCE 24 spoke to Ramy Shaath, an Egyptian-Palestinian activist who spent two and half years in jail in Egypt on accusations of aiding a terrorist group. He was a member of several secular political groups and a co-founder of the pro-Palestinian BDS movement. Shaath, who was never formally charged, described the conditions of his arrest, detention and finally his release from jail on January 8. He claimed "arbitrary detentions and arrests" increasingly account for "the majority" of inmates in Egyptian prisons under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. He also said he understood that he was expected to keep silent following his release and had already received threats.
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