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For the 11th time, Egypt extends detention of Al Jazeera journalist
Authorities in Egypt have for the 11th time extended the prison sentence handed to Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein who has been in detention for 403 days over bogus charges.
Reports say the detention of Hussein was extended for another period of 45 days by Egyptian authorities on Saturday even as Al Jazeera has condemned the repeated renewals of his detention, denies all the allegations against him and calls for his immediate and unconditional release.
The Egyptian journalist based in Qatar was stopped, questioned and arrested by local police on December 20, 2016 after travelling to Cairo for a holiday.
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Five days after his initial arrest, Egypt’s interior ministry accused him of “disseminating false news and receiving monetary funds from foreign authorities in order to defame the state’s reputation”.
Hussein has been held for a total of 403 days since then, enduring months in solitary confinement, being denied his legal rights, all the while yet to be formally charged.
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