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| Sisi says ‘Western’ human rights values don’t apply in Egypt |
| 2016-05-05 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Egypt’s president said on Wednesday that issues of human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. and civil liberties in his country should not be approached from a "Western perspective," due to domestic and regional conditions, days after authorities detained two journalists. Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi told this to a US congressional delegation visiting Cairo, his front man said in an official statement carried by local paper al-Ahram. Sisi also told the US delegation, which was headed by the chairman of the US House Committee on Homeland Security Michael McCaul, that the Egyptian government was committed to the rule of law and upholding the values of democracy. According to Sisi’s front man, the meeting involved talks on volatile countries in the region. The Egyptian president also warned of the consequences of the "fall of nation states" in the Middle East, and its impact on the rise of holy warrior groups, al-Ahram reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Maybe these western values? Or these? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-05 05:34 |
| #1 What Western Values? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-05 05:29 |