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– A creative new campaign mobilizes support for jailed Egyptian photographer Shawkan (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 12, 2018

As photographer Mahmoud Abou Zeid, aka Shawkan, faces a possible sentence of death by hanging, a new campaign asks people to post photos of themselves with the hashtag #MyPicForShawkan on social networks.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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