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Detained Egyptian Blogger Launches Hunger Strike

HeadlineAug 25, 2011

The jailed Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad has begun a hunger strike to protest his conditions. Amnesty International has declared Sanad to be a prisoner of conscience.

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