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Egyptian Rights Activist Esraa Abdel Fattah Freed from Prison

HeadlineJul 19, 2021

Prominent Egyptian human rights activist Esraa Abdel Fattah has been released from prison. She had been behind bars since October 2019, part of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s brutal crackdown on dissent. Esraa Abdel Fattah played a leading role in the 2011 uprising which helped topple dictator Hosni Mubarak.

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