Jailed UNESCO Award-Winner Photojournalist Soon to Be Released in Egypt

Jailed UNESCO Award-Winner Photojournalist Soon to Be Released in Egypt
Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, known as Shawkan, looks out from his soundproof glass dock during his trial in the capital Cairo, on September 8, 2018. Mohamed el-Shahed/ AFP/Getty Images
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Photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, winner of this year’s UNESCO Press Freedom Prize, is expected to be released soon from an Egyptian jail. He has been detained since his arrest in August 2013.
Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkanwas arrested for covering mass protests against the military coup that immediately followed the removal of President Mohamed Morsi.