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On the recordApril 24, 2017
there is absolutely no way the Egyptian people bargained for the kind of repressive regime that they have today, 60,000 political prisoners, journalists being locked up.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen criticizes the repressive regime in Egypt and the situation of political prisoners.

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