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Egypt frees detainee amid calls for releases due to virus

| March 20, 2020 2:03 PM

CAIRO (AP) — Authorities released a prominent political activist Friday amid calls for Egypt to let thousands of others go free to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading among the prison population.

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