![Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein will have spent four years behind bars in Egypt this month [File: Khaled Desouki/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_1OX2AW.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
This month, One Free Press Coalition focuses on cases of violations against journalists amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Mahmoud Hussein
![Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Hussein has been held in Egypt for more than 1,200 days [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/7b26e566d1ec49dfae0f16e88b7db5f0_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Al Jazeera to ‘hold Egypt responsible’ for Mahmoud Hussein’s wellbeing in overcrowded prison amid coronavirus outbreak.
![Hussein, an Egyptian national, was arrested shortly after his arrival in Egypt in December 2016 while on a personal visit [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3774721fa2e347109da324f4227690e1_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Journalist in Egyptian jail without charges or trial in breach of national and international law.
![El-Sisi has overseen a massive political crackdown, silencing critics and jailing thousands [File: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/36a16fce7a0c444b804c0bbb2fb3f476_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Egypt’s SSSP misusing ‘counterterror legislation’ routinely to prosecute thousands of government...
![Egyptian journalists hold up pens and a banner reading 'journalism is not a crime' during a protest in Cairo [File: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/d178d7be5d5544028894a0db0bb90584_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Operation at the Mada Masr offices comes a day after Egyptian security forces arrested one of its editors, Shady Zalat.
![In September, Egyptian authorities turned down a request by detained Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein to visit his ailing father [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3774721fa2e347109da324f4227690e1_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Hussein’s family calls on Egypt to allow him to attend funeral after requests to visit his ailing father were denied.
![Mahmoud Hussein has spent nearly 890 days imprisoned in Egypt [File: Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/91d507bf599d4f2ab40ec46c152ab3b8_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Father of detained Al Jazeera journalist is in critical condition and is unable to speak or eat, family says.
![Al Jazeera launched a solidarity campaign #FreeMahmoudHussein for the release of the journalist with [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/a770fb0871bf4bf1aa68b317c47b2eb9_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Hussein has been jailed in Cairo without charge since December 2016 after arriving from Qatar to visit his family.
![Mahmoud Hussein, an Egyptian journalist who works for the Al Jazeera Arabic television channel based in Qatar, was arrested on arrival in December, 2016 [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/c0e4faa11bcc46a2a3a330be2ddd2ccb_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Mahmoud Hussein’s freedom was ordered by an Egyptian court in May, but the reporter remains in detention.
![Mahmoud Hussein was put in solitary confinement and a broken arm he suffered went untreated [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f8b2b2a9548c4be9b6e5aeb1d50ecb84_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Qatar-based network says Egypt becoming ‘a lawless country’ after its reporter was again incarcerated.
![Hussein was questioned in relation to a new case being investigated and was returned to prison, his family said [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/a2caa9910428461ea47bac0339bd8473_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Qatar-based journalist’s continued detention comes despite an Egyptian court ruling last week to release him.
Mahmoud Hussein’s freedom was ordered by an Egyptian court last week, but the journalist remains in detention.
Mahmoud Hussein’s release order follows more than two years of imprisonment without charge or trial.
![Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo celebrated with their children after being freed [Ann Wang/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dae692e312d34b71961acc05e9be27fa_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Network calls for the release of every reporter arbitrarily arrested worldwide, including Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein.