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Mahmoud Abu Zeid
1987
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Occupation
- photojournalist
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Tora PrisonDates unknown
Biography
Mahmoud Abu Zeid (Arabic: Ù ØÙ Ùد أب٠زÙد; born c.â1987), also known as Shawkan (Ø´ÙÙاÙ), is an Egyptian photojournalist who was arrested for taking photos of the Rabaa massacre in Cairo, Egypt and imprisoned during the post-coup unrest by the Egyptian government since 2013, where he faced the death penalty. By September 2018 he had been sentenced to a five-year prison term and was expected to be released shortly thereafter; he was released on 4 March 2019.
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