New York, January 19, 2021 – Egyptian authorities should immediately release journalists Hamdi al-Zaeem and Ahmed Khalifa and drop all charges against them, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On January 4, authorities arrested al-Zaeem, a freelance photojournalist and documentary film producer,
"Instead of releasing journalists detained without trial during a global pandemic, Egyptian authorities keep overcrowding prisons with more members of the press – including now one who was sick with COVID-19,"
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