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– Egyptian prosecutors seek death sentence for photographer Shawkan (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 8, 2018

Prosecutors have requested a death sentence for Mahmoud Abou Zeid, an Egyptian photojournalist known as Shawkan who has been held for four and a half years.
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