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Protesters Say Egypt Is Exposing Political Prisoners to Coronavirus

Jacob Wirtschafter

   Egyptian police released the 63-year-old mother of a jailed activist
   Thursday night after she and three other prominent Egyptian women
   staged a bold protest at the entrance to the Council of Ministers
   building,calling on authorities to free political prisoners vulnerable
   to coronavirus.

   Fourteen additional people tested positive for COVID-19 in Egypt
   Wednesday, according to the Health Ministry in Cairo, bringing the
   total number of diagnosed cases in Egypt to 210, including six reported
   deaths.

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