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CAIRO: Egypt has freed Al-Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein, a security source said Friday, after four years in jail without trial following the end last month of a rift between the two Arab states.
Hussein, an Egyptian national who had been imprisoned since December 23, 2016, was released on Thursday night, the Egyptian security source told AFP without elaborating.
But Gamal Eid, head of the Arab Network for Human Rights Information, said that while the decision to release Hussein had been taken, “he has still not returned home and is still being held.”
The 54-year-old was detained in Cairo when he returned for a family holiday, and was accused of incitement against state institutions and spreading false news.
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt has released Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein after more than four years in detention on accusations of publishing false news, a security source said Friday (Feb 5).
Mr Hussein, an Egyptian national held under preventive detention since December 2016, was released from jail on Thursday night, the source said, without giving further details. Al Jazeera - which has run a daily campaign for his liberation - did not immediately confirm his release but had repeatedly said he was being held without formal charges, a trial or conviction.
Mr Gamal Eid, head of the Arab Network for Human Rights Information, confirmed to AFP that a decision was taken by the authorities to release Mr Hussein, adding that he has still not returned home .
Egypt has released Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein after more than four years in detention on accusations of publishing false news, a security source said Friday.