Source: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/07/...es-from-virus/
Rights group: Reporter jailed in Egypt dies from virus
by The Associated Press
Posted Jul 13, 2020 3:45 pm EDT
Last Updated Jul 13, 2020 at 3:54 pm EDT
CAIRO — A prominent Egyptian journalist who had been jailed on charges of broadcasting false news died of COVID-19 on Monday, according to an international press watchdog, raising fears that the coronavirus may be spreading undetected in Egypt’s notoriously crowded prisons.
The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that Mohamed Monir, 65, contracted the disease caused by the coronavirus in pre-trial detention and was released after falling ill in custody.
“Even brief detentions amid the COVID-19 pandemic can mean a death sentence,” the group said in a statement Monday.
Diaa Rashwan, head of the Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate, confirmed Monir’s death in a Facebook post, saying they were in touch during his final moments in the hospital. Monir died in an isolation unit at a hospital outside Cairo.
Monir was arrested and taken to Cairo’s Tora prison complex last month after appearing on Al-Jazeera TV, a Qatari-owned channel banned by Egypt’s government...
Rights group: Reporter jailed in Egypt dies from virus
by The Associated Press
Posted Jul 13, 2020 3:45 pm EDT
Last Updated Jul 13, 2020 at 3:54 pm EDT
CAIRO — A prominent Egyptian journalist who had been jailed on charges of broadcasting false news died of COVID-19 on Monday, according to an international press watchdog, raising fears that the coronavirus may be spreading undetected in Egypt’s notoriously crowded prisons.
The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that Mohamed Monir, 65, contracted the disease caused by the coronavirus in pre-trial detention and was released after falling ill in custody.
“Even brief detentions amid the COVID-19 pandemic can mean a death sentence,” the group said in a statement Monday.
Diaa Rashwan, head of the Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate, confirmed Monir’s death in a Facebook post, saying they were in touch during his final moments in the hospital. Monir died in an isolation unit at a hospital outside Cairo.
Monir was arrested and taken to Cairo’s Tora prison complex last month after appearing on Al-Jazeera TV, a Qatari-owned channel banned by Egypt’s government...
Comment