Nine senior Senate Democrats and independent Senator Bernie Sanders have urged the Biden administration to withhold a portion of the United States' annual military aid to Egypt for a third consecutive year, citing human Rights Abuses. Over 20 US and international rights groups and think tanks have also made the same appeal. The request involves about a quarter of a $1.3 billion appropriation. Egypt's jailing and silencing of critics have drawn international condemnation, and the US has previously withheld aid to pressure the government to curb rights abuses. The Biden administration is expected to make a decision on the matter next month.

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