In a letter from prison, an Egyptian photojournalist who spent more than 600 days in detention without any charges said his prison is like a “cemetery” and that he left his “dignity” at its gates. Mahmoud Abou-Zeid, known by his nickname Shawkan, was arrested in August 2013 while taking photographs of the government’s violent dispersal of a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Over 600 people were killed in the dispersal.
Read the full report here: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/egypt-photojournalist-describes-detention-600-days-30137141
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