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February 8, 2021

Egypt Frees Al Jazeera Journalist Mahmoud Hussein, Jailed for Four Years Without Trial
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Egyptian authorities have released Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud
Hussein, who spent over four years in prison without trial on charges of
"publishing false information and belonging to a banned group." After
his arrest, Egypt banned Al Jazeera's website and other news outlets
critical of authoritarian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Reporters
Without Borders describes Egypt as one of the world's biggest jailers of
journalists, with widespread arbitrary detentions, mass trials and even
life imprisonment for some reporters.


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