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- NameHamdi al-Zaeem
- RoleEgyptian freelance photojournalist held in pretrial detention since January 2021
- CountryEgypt
- Arrested4 Jan 2021
- StatusDetained (pretrial)
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Hamdi al-Zaeem, also known as Hamdi Mokhtar, is an Egyptian freelance photojournalist held in pretrial detention since January 2021 and on trial before a Cairo terrorism circuit in Case No. 955 of 2020. Counting an earlier detention from 2016 to 2018, he has spent about ten years deprived of his liberty without a final conviction; his trial was adjourned on 27 September 2026 to 11 October 2026, and no later outcome has been confirmed by a trusted source.