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FILE images of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a computer programmer, blogger and high-profile activist who mobilised youths in the 2011 uprising in Egypt that unseated autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Alaa Abdel Fattah, who was a leading figure in the 2011 Egypt revolution and has been in pre-trial detention since September 2019, was sentenced to five years, according to his sister, for "broadcasting false news". FILE IMAGES