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Jun 16, 2020

Journalists put a black sign reads "The press, It is not a crime" on World Press Freedom Day at the syndicate's headquarters in downtown Cairo, Egypt May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - S1BETBXZDRAA — A black sign reads "The press, It is not a crime" on World Press Freedom Day at the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate's headquarters in downtown Cairo, Egypt, May 3, 2016. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egypt has arrested a prominent journalist who gave an interview to Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera, his family said in a statement.

Mohamed Monir, 65, was taken from his apartment in Sheikh Zayed by secret police early Monday, according to his family.

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