Acting director of prominent Egyptian rights group says its three staffers arrested last month have been freed

CAIRO (AP) — The acting director of a prominent Egyptian rights group says its three staffers arrested last month have been freed. Their arrest last month came after ambassadors and senior diplomats from 13 Western countries met with their organization. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s government — a U.S. ally with deep economic ties to European countries — has been waging the heaviest crackdown on dissent in Egypt’s modern history. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, where the three worked, is one of few that’s continued to document civil rights violations.