UN postpones anti-torture conference in Cairo after backlash

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Human rights campaigners criticised ‘whitewashing’ of Egyptian government’s abuses

The UN has postponed an anti-torture conference due to take place in Cairo, following an outcry from human rights activists who accused the organisation of “whitewashing” the Egyptian government’s abuses.

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