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A top Egyptian official responsible for overseeing civil society groups has defended sweeps through the offices of 10 human rights and pro-democracy organizations, rejecting denunciations from the U.S., U.N. and Germany.

The U.S.-based National Democratic Institute, International Republican Institute and Freedom House all denounced the sweeps.

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