Egypt’s Shawkan gets 5-year term; Al Jazeera reporter still awaits trial
Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, known as “Shawkan,” was sentenced to five years in prison on Saturday – five years that he has already spent behind bars after he was arrested while covering a demonstration at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square in Cairo on August 14, 2013. Shawkan was convicted of murder…
