#Press Syndicate
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According to state-owned outlet Al-Ahram, procedures have been reported to be underway to release 32-year-old Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid. The news also involves the release of 214 others who have served five-year jail sentences for their involvement with the currently-banned Mulsim Brotherhood's sit-in at Rabaa El Aadaweya, located in Cairo's Nasr city. Commonly referred to as 'Shawkan', the freelance photographer was sentenced to five-years in prison in for covering the 2013 political events by the Cairo Criminal Court. Shawkan…