The National Association of African American Journalists decided to award the Percy Kobuza Prize to fellow Mahmoud Hussein, who has been in detention for 1411 days in Egypt.

The award will be presented during the Association Awards Ceremony, which will be held virtually December 19.

The National Association of African American Journalists awards the Percy Kobuza Prize to colleague Mahmoud Hussein, who has been in detention for 1411 days in #Egypt.


The award is presented during the Association's awards ceremony, which is organized virtually on December 19. # Freedom_Mahmoud_Hussain @ NABJhttps: //t.co/G43Vcs6IFl pic.twitter .com / T51lcvGm6s

- Here Al Jazeera (@HonaAlJazeera) November 3, 2020

Last month, Amnesty International condemned Hussein's continued arbitrary detention, and said in tweets on Twitter that the Egyptian authorities have arbitrarily arrested him since December 23, 2016, as he spent more than 1,400 days behind bars pending investigation into trumped-up charges related to With "terrorism" just because of his journalistic work.

Amnesty called on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Hussein and 35 other detained journalists, who were arrested simply for carrying out their work or expressing their views peacefully.

The Acting General Manager of Al Jazeera Media Network, Dr.

Mustafa Souaq demanded the immediate release of the colleague Hussein, and said that his arrest represents a flagrant violation of all Egyptian and international laws, and is a regrettable and condemnable act.

#Egypt: The Egyptian authorities have arbitrarily arrested the producer of Al-Jazeera news channel, Mahmoud_Hussain, since December 23, 2016, when he spent more than 1,400 days behind bars pending investigations into trumped-up charges related to "terrorism", just for carrying out his journalistic work. Https: // t .co / i8a6iMpDbm pic.twitter.com/pKp9OvKgrV

- Amnesty International (@AmnestyAR) October 26, 2020

Dr. added.

“In light of the news that confirms the spread of Corona disease in the overcrowded Egyptian prisons that lack the simplest preventive conditions and necessary precautionary measures, and what this situation may represent in terms of danger to the lives of Mahmoud and other detainees, we call on the Egyptian authorities to release all detained journalists, and we also call on the international community. To pressure Egypt and other countries that do not respect freedom of the press and opinion, to release all those unjustly detained in their prisons. "

Egypt is still at the forefront of countries with a poor record in the field of human rights and the protection of freedom of the press, as its authorities have not yet abided by what was stipulated in the local law regarding the period of pretrial detention, which is supposed to not exceed two years, and it circumvented the order to re-arrest Hussein pending another case also fabricated after the issuance of A judicial decision to release him.