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Egypt to Release Hunger Striking Al Jazeera Journalist
Earlier this year, BN reported that Nigerian-raised Egyptian Al Jazeera broadcast reporter, Abdullah El-Shamy, was arrested while covering the Egyptian military’s bloody crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood protesters in August, 2013 in Cairo.
After almost a year of imprisonment without charge, El-Shamy will finally be set free soon, as Egypt’s prosecutor general has made the order for his release.
Elshamy, who has been on hunger strike since January, will be set free due to “health conditions.” Similarly, 13 other people will be freed on the same grounds.
Photo Credit: Al Jazeera Media Network/Abdullah El-Shamy’s Parents