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Gerry Connolly: “It is estimated that there are now more than 40,000 political prisoners, along with 22 journalists behind bars in Egypt.”

On the recordDecember 15, 2015
It is estimated that there are now more than 40,000 political prisoners, along with 22 journalists behind bars in Egypt.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly addresses the high number of political prisoners in Egypt.

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