Apr 13, 2021

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Egypt frees detained journalist

Egypt has freed prominent dissident journalist and politician Khaled Dawoud after more than 18 months in detention, a fellow journalist and a lawyer said Tuesday.

A former head of the liberal opposition Dostour party and a senior journalist for the English edition of state newspaper Al Ahram, he had been arrested in September 2019 after rare anti-government protests.

Lawyer and rights activist Khaled Ali said on Facebook that the prosecution had “decided to free” Dawoud.

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