Al Jazeera’s Hussein detained in Egyptian prison for 1,000 days (Punch)

Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has now been detained without any formal charges in Egypt for 1,000 days, Aljazeera reports.

Hussein, an Egyptian national who works for the Al Jazeera Arabic television channel in Qatar, was arrested on arrival in Egypt on December 20, 2016, while on a personal visit to see his family.

His incarceration is already in breach of Egypt’s penal code, which sets a maximum pretrial detention period of 620 days for individuals being investigated for a felony.

“It is a sad day for all journalists,” Mostefa Souag, the Acting Director General of Al Jazeera Media Network, said. Read more