Monday, April 3, 2017

Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Trump’s Embrace of the Most Repressive Leader in Modern Egyptian History

http://democracynow.org - Part 2 of our conversation with Sharif Abdel Kouddous about today’s White House meeting between Donald Trump and Egyptian President General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Human rights organizations say Sisi and his security forces have arrested tens of thousands of Egyptians and have committed torture, forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. The Trump administration has indicated it will not bring up the human rights abuses during today’s meeting.