#Forgotten: Photo #Journalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, a.k.a #Shawkan, is dying ( Hepatitis C)

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#Photographer Mahmoud Abu Zeid, a.k.a #Shawkan, is dying in the cell where he is detained since 14 August 2013. (More than 700 ! days behind bars in longest #journalist pre-trial detention

And in a country at war where those who criticize the government is accused of terrorism and that the militants can strike sensitive targets in Cairo or girding besiege a town of 60,000 inhabitants in North Sinai, even journalists are part of the conflict.
Those who work for newspapers close to the government are forced, often by the editors themselves, to reproduce the exact version of the government.

Even for the foreign media, between stops, arrests and deportations continue , the situation is not much rosier. According to the anti-terrorism law under consideration by the government, to question the official death toll in an attack it can result in a fine of 20.000 US$

Source: MENAFN.COM/ repubblica.it #CPJ / #unitedwww / Berliner Zeitung / NPR /PBS)

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##Shawkan #Committee_To_Protect_Journalists_(Nonprofit_Organization) #Egypt_(Country) #Amnesty_International_(Business_Operation) #united_worldwide_Web ##unitedwww

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