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"It is an outlandish, compelling tale, mainly because it is a series of circles within circles."
At the heart of the story is a man trapped in circles of hell, inside a circumstance not of his own making. Freedom is within his grasp and then disappears because of the actions of others. (Canada's then-minister of foreign affairs, John Baird, made a grave error in the Fahmy case.) Fahmy's frustration mounted and, today, living in Vancouver, it still seethes. That's why he's "half-free." His energy now is directed at helping the families of the wrongfully imprisoned and ceaselessly talking about the number of journalists who are in jail around the world for doing their jobs.
Mohamed Fahmy’s story – trapped in several circles of hell
Watch “Mohamed Fahmy: Half Free” at 9pm on Sunday Oct 01 on CBC.
"How do you tell the story of press freedom when only 13 per cent of the world population enjoys a free press?"
When Paperny met with me and expressed interest in telling my story I knew I had fallen into the hands of a humanist, a storyteller who uses his camera to zone in on the “why?” and “what next?” It’s not easy trusting someone with the message you want to portray to the world through your own complicated political story of injustice.
I was freed but too many others are still wrongfully imprisoned: Fahmy
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