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Latest in Tag: release

Al-Bayan’s Editor-in-Chief released on bail
Prosecution orders reporter and CEO to be investigated

Photojournalist Ziada walks free after last week’s acquittal
Friends and family celebrate, after release procedures took several days

16 defendants face retrial in Cabinet Clashes case
Lawyers’ Syndicate boycott of case still ongoing, say defence lawyers
Prosecutor General orders release of 120 in temporary detention
Lawyers yet to confirm, say they do not have names

Interior ministry releases 143 prisoners
Release promised by President Al-Sisi “celebrating 25 January revolution”

Photojournalist Shawkan’s detention extended indefinitely
Abu Zeid has already spent 552 days in jail without trial

Fahmy’s release is imminent: Canadian FM
Al Jazeera English journalist drops Egyptian nationality, according to Canadian media

Mubarak sons walk out of prison
Gamal and Alaa were released pending retrial

Authorties release Morsi’s aide Al-Qazzaz
Egyptian authorities never charged Al-Qazzaz, says advocate group

Photojournalist Shawkan describes ‘endless nightmare’ from behind bars
Freelance photojournalist has managed to send an open letter from prison

Maintaining forefront in Egyptian market tops Samsung challenges for 2015: ElGamal
Egyptians care most about screen size, price, battery, and camera for mobile phones

ANHRI condemns cut-off on live talk show
The ministries of Housing and Education both say they had no involvement in the decision to take the show off the air

Number of hunger strikers in and out of prisons reaches 143: ANHRI
Dozens have recently started hunger strikes to call for release of political prisoners and for abolishing the infamous Protest Law

Amnesty calls on Egypt to release protesters arrested for challenging Protest Law
The international human rights watchdog says testimonies and available information suggest that the charges are “almost certainly baseless”

Ahmed Ezz released, continues bail procedures
Former steel tycoon and NDP figure Ahmed Ezz completes bail procedures

5232 social, economic and labour protests held in 2013: ECESR
Economic and social rights NGO notes majority of protests took place in the first half of the year

Mubarak sons released on EGP 1M bail over illicit gains charges
Alaa and Gamal Mubarak to remain in custody, serving a four-year prison sentence for embezzlement

Egyptian truck drivers in Libya released
Dozens of Egyptian truck drivers detained amidst worsening security in Libya

Hunger-striking journalist released
Al Jazeera journalist AbdallahElshamy, 13 others released due to failing health

228 Minya detainees set to be released
Prosecutor general decides to suspend their trial for breaking into and burning state facilities
Trial of Alexandria lawyers and activists postponed
Defendants are on trial for incident dating back to March 2013, during tenure of then-president Mohamed Morsi

Revolution anniversary’s Downtown detainees released, Dokki detainees’ trial postponed
The detainees belong to a group of 1,079 arrested on the third anniversary of the 25 January Revolution
Judge releases student to compete in Intel science competition
Released on bail, Abdallah Assem was initially detained for 15 days unable to attend the competition in the United States
Political activists released on bail
Abu Zeid was arrested while giving a literacy class in an informal neighbourhood

Syrians arrested while attempting to illegally emigrate
Arrested group include 2 underage Egyptians, 18 Syrians

Ahmed Ezz granted bail for illegal acquisition of steel company, but remains in detention
The steel tycoon remains locked up for two other financial corruption cases

Detained fishermen return from Saudi Arabia
Fishermen were arrested for violating the Gulf country’s territorial waters

23 revolutionary anniversary detainees released
Detention renewed for 68 pending trial; acquitted minors remain in detention
Morsi’s son released on bail
Ousted president’s son was arrested and accused of illegal drug use

11 demonstrators arrested for protesting without a permit released on bail
Detainees were arrested during an 8 January protest calling for the release of other detained protesters