Egypt’s President Fattah al-Sisi Monday chided criticism over a series of executions in the North African country as he asked European countries not “to impose their views”. Egypt has found itself targets of critics from European countries after authorities hanged last week nine members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, convicted for involvement in the killing of a top prosecutor in 2015. Speaking at a press conference following the closing session of the two-day Arab League-EU joint summit, al-Sisi urged the EU countries to spare Egypt humanity lessons. This does not mean an override of human rights,” he said. Al-Sisi who rose to power in 2013 after driving a military coup against the country’s first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi has repeatedly defended the crackdown on human rights with the need to squash terrorism.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 26, 2019 15:00 UTC