Egypt: Al Jazeera Journalist to Be Freed Conditionally in Egypt

press release

Mahmoud Hussein Gomaa, an Egyptian journalist held without trial for the past two and a half years, is to be released - but only conditionally. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the decision to keep him under judicial control and calls on Egypt's judicial authorities to abandon such abusive procedures.

The news of Gomaa's imminent release was announced on social networks by his daughter. The decision is not effective yet and no date has been specified. In addition, the release will be accompanied by "precautionary measures". According to the information obtained by RSF, the journalist will have to go to the police station twice a week for three hours. Other journalists have been freed recently under such conditions. They include Hisham Gaafar, who has to report his activities to the police.

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