Cairo Court Drops Child Abuse Charges Against Egyptian-American Woman
Egyptian-American aid worker Aya Hijazi was acquitted Sunday after being held for nearly three years without a verdict in Cairo. Human Rights Watch has called her case a "travesty of justice."
by Maggie Penman
Apr 16, 2017
1 minute
A court in Cairo acquitted Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi of human trafficking and abuse charges Sunday, along with her husband and other aid workers.
Hijazi was working to help street children three years ago while the children were in the shelter.
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