Egyptian journalist freed conditionally after being held for years without trial (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 12, 2019

Hisham Gaafar must spend three hours at a police station twice a week and is banned from traveling abroad.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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