The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued a decision in a case submitted last year by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) regarding the detention of Mohamed El-Derini on the basis of his Shi'a religious beliefs. The international body's opinion, which was made public yesterday, 22 June 2005, described the continued detention of El-Derini as "arbitrary" and in contravention with international law, and requested the Egyptian government ...