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July 19, 2021

Egyptian Rights Activist Esraa Abdel Fattah Freed from Prison
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Prominent Egyptian human rights activist Esraa Abdel Fattah has been
released from prison. She had been behind bars since October 2019, part
of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's brutal crackdown on dissent. Esraa
Abdel Fattah played a leading role in the 2011 uprising which helped
topple dictator Hosni Mubarak.


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