FILE PHOTO: Cars move along the '6th October Bridge' near banners of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Cairo, Egypt October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has been trying to deflect criticism of its human rights record and prison conditions ahead of a U.N. review in Geneva on Wednesday that comes in the wake of thousands of new arrests.
The crackdown, which rights activists say was the most intensive campaign of arrests for years, came after rare protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo and other cities in late September.
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