Release Prisoner of Conscience Mahmoud Abu Zeid
YOUR MESSAGE
Message Recipients: Minister of Interior, Magdy Abde el-Ghaffa
Subject: Release Prisoner of Conscience Mahmoud Abu Zeid
Dear Minister Magdy Abde el-Ghaffar,
I urge you to release Mahmoud Abu Zeid, better known as Shawkan, immediately and unconditionally with all charges against him dropped. He is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for his journalistic work.
A photojournalist, he was covering the Rabaa al-Adaweya sit-in on 14 August 2013 in Cairo, when security forces swept in. More than 700 people were killed in that sit-in alone. Up to 1,000 people were killed across the country as police and army officers were deployed to disperse protests nationally.
When police found out Shawkan was a journalist, they arrested him. He has been in detention for more than three years facing trumped-up charges and receiving inadequate health care. Please release him without delay.
Sincerely,
William Rosen
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Lombard, IL 60148
Message Recipients: Minister of Interior, Magdy Abde el-Ghaffa
Subject: Release Prisoner of Conscience Mahmoud Abu Zeid
Dear Minister Magdy Abde el-Ghaffar,
I urge you to release Mahmoud Abu Zeid, better known as Shawkan, immediately and unconditionally with all charges against him dropped. He is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for his journalistic work.
A photojournalist, he was covering the Rabaa al-Adaweya sit-in on 14 August 2013 in Cairo, when security forces swept in. More than 700 people were killed in that sit-in alone. Up to 1,000 people were killed across the country as police and army officers were deployed to disperse protests nationally.
When police found out Shawkan was a journalist, they arrested him. He has been in detention for more than three years facing trumped-up charges and receiving inadequate health care. Please release him without delay.
Sincerely,
William Rosen
----------------
Lombard, IL 60148
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