Algeria requests emergency UN Security Council meeting on Palestine
According to the Algerian News Agency, Algeria has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss
The United Nations said Friday it was deeply concerned about the arrest of Egyptian opposition politician Ahmad al-Tantawi and called for his immediate release., according to AFP.
"We call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release Al-Tantawi and all other individuals unduly held for exercising their fundamental rights, particularly freedom of opinion, expression and association," UN rights office spokeswoman Marta Hurtado said in a statement.
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