PEN America: Egyptian Writer Detained for Protesting Prison Conditions That Could Worsen COVID-19 Spread
March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020
NEW YORK, March 19 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
Egyptian authorities this week arrested author Ahdaf Soueif alongside several prominent activists after they were demonstrating on behalf of Egyptians left vulnerable to coronavirus in overcrowded prisons. These arrests and detentions show Egypt is more concerned about its own reputation than about its citizens' rights to free expression and information, PEN America said in a joint statement alongside PEN Internati . . .
Egyptian authorities this week arrested author Ahdaf Soueif alongside several prominent activists after they were demonstrating on behalf of Egyptians left vulnerable to coronavirus in overcrowded prisons. These arrests and detentions show Egypt is more concerned about its own reputation than about its citizens' rights to free expression and information, PEN America said in a joint statement alongside PEN Internati . . .