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Jailed Egyptian Photographer Wins UNESCO Press Freedom Prize

The United Nations' cultural agency has ignored warnings from Egypt and awarded the World Press Freedom prize to an imprisoned Egyptian photographer.   A jury on Monday awarded the honor to Mahmoud Abu Zeid, known as Shawkan, who has been in jail since he was arrested in Cairo in August 2013 for covering a demonstration at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square.   Egypt's Foreign Ministry strongly warned UNESCO against the move Sunday, saying that Shawkan faces terror-related...


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