Egypt releases journalist Khaled Dawoud from prison - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Apr 13, 2021

Khaled Dawoud — Egyptian journalist Khaled Dawoud speaks during a press conference on the Egyptian opposition ahead of the March 2018 presidential elections, in Cairo on Jan. 30, 2018. Dawoud was detained by the Egyptian regime in September 2019 and was only released on April 12, 2021. — MOHAMED EL-RAAI/AFP via Getty Images

Policemen stand next to a patrol car parked along the 6th of October bridge crossing the Nile in the centre of the Egyptian capital Cairo on September 21, 2019. - Protests erupted late on September 20 in Cairo and other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in a rare show of dissent quickly quashed by authorities. After overnight clashes with the protesters, security forces the following day maintained tight control of Tahrir Square -- the epicentre of the 2011 revolutio

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Elizabeth Hagedorn

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