hossam bahgat is very well known in egypt and internationally.ded the egyptian personal rights, egypt's probably leading human rights groups. a couple of years ago, he turned to investigate of journalism and quickly established himself as arguably the premier investigative journalist both locally and internationally in egypt and penned a series of exposÉs, painstakingly researched and very well written , and very well reported. and the latest one was looking at the secret military trial of 26 army officers who were convicted of plotting a coup in coordination with the muslim brotherhood. he got a hold of the indictment sheet. he spoke to relatives of the officers. no one had reported on this except for a very brief piece in bbc and he really delved into it was investigated allegations of torture. following this, after his arrest him he was summoned to military intelligence and was questioned for hours and hours, some of it without lawyers were allowed to make a phone call, about this one article. he was then held for about a day and a half. no on

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become one of the most dangerous places in the world to work as a journalist, but people like hossam bahgat really give us hope because he continues this important work and speaking truth to power. amy: sharif, thank you for being with us, sharif abdel kouddous democracy now! correspondent in egypt. happy birthday, pedro rodriguez. democracy now! is hiring a development director to lead our fundraising efforts and an on-air graphics operator. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]