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Al-Araby
An international rights watchdog Tuesday urged the European Union not to launch a proposed joint bid with Egypt to lead a global counter-terrorism body, deploring the North African nation’s treatment of critics. On Sunday, Egypt’s foreign ministry announced it intends to run on a joint ticket with the EU to lead the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), an organisation described by HRW as “a multilateral platform with far-reaching influence on global counterterrorism policy”. Citing a leaked ‘Council of the EU’ branded document that outlined a proposed joint bid, HRW urged the EU to “seriously…