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United Arab Emirates - Egyptian journalist released after being held for a month

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that Egyptian journalist Anas Fouda, a senior editor with the MBC media group, was released by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates on 4 August and was deported back to Egypt the same day. However the organisation recalls that the UAE authorities held Fouda arbitrarily for more than a month without charging him and without saying why or where he was being detained. He was not allowed to talk to a lawyer or his family at any time while (...)

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