FILE PHOTO: A handout picture shows Egyptian-American medical student Mohamed Amashah posing for a photo in New York, U.S. January 10, 2017. Handout via REUTERS
CAIRO (Reuters) - Last April, medical student Mohamed Amashah stood on Cairo's Tahrir Square and held up a sign saying "Freedom for prisoners". He was detained.
Now awaiting trial for more than a year on charges of misusing social media and helping a terrorist group, the Egyptian-American fears the spread of the coronavirus in Egypt's crowded jails.
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