By Philip Rucker and Karen DeYoung The Washington Post An Egyptian American charity worker who was imprisoned in Cairo for three years and became the global face of Egypt’s brutal crackdown on civil society returned home to the United States late Thursday after the Trump administration quietly negotiated her release. President Trump and his aides … Continued
By Amina Ismail Reuters A Cairo court acquitted on Sunday an Egyptian-American woman and seven others who worked with street children and had been detained for nearly three years on human trafficking charges, in a case that had raised concerns in Washington. Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian who holds U.S. citizenship, founded Belady, an NGO that … Continued
American Citizen Aya Hijazi Imprisoned Without Trial By MATTHEW BARAKAT ABC Family and friends of an American jailed in Egypt for nearly three years are hoping her time in custody may end soon. Aya Hijazi, 29, grew up in Falls Church and is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Egypt. After receiving her … Continued
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