Egypt releases award-winning photojournalist jailed since 2013

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Egyptian authorities on Monday released a photojournalist who spent more than fi...

CAIRO - Egyptian authorities on Monday released a photojournalist who spent more than five years in jail after covering a 2013 sit-in that ended with security forces killing hundreds of protesters.

“I can’t describe how I feel ... I am free,” he told Reuters by phone after being released at dawn on Monday. The violent breakup of the sit-in was a key moment in the turmoil that followed the 2011 uprising, as the military led by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi moved to assert its control after forcing out Mursi, Egypt’s first freely elected head of state.

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