Human Rights Watch has urged the European Union not to launch a proposed joint bid with Egypt to lead a global counterterrorism body, deploring the country’s nation’s treatment of critics.
On Sunday, Egypt’s foreign ministry said it intends to run on a joint ticket with the EU to lead the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), an organisation described by New York-based Human Rights Watch as “a multilateral platform with far-reaching influence on global counterterrorism policy”.
