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  • NameSolafa Magdy
  • RoleJournalist reporting on human rights and press freedom issues in Egypt
  • CountryEgypt
  • Arrested26 Nov 2019
  • StatusAt liberty
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Egyptian journalist and 2020 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner, detained in November 2019 on terrorism and false news charges and released in April 2021. She left Egypt in September 2021 and lives in exile in France. She was denied medical care for serious health problems while held in pretrial detention.