Associated Press
CAIRO--Relatives say that Egypt's most prominent activist, who
is standing retrial after being sentenced to 15 years in prison for
violating the country's draconian protest law, has been released on
bail.
Mona Seif, sister of blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a vocal
government critic since mid-2000, said on her Facebook page that
her brother has been granted a release on bail of 5,000 Egyptian
pounds ($714) along with two other activists on Monday. His lawyer
confirmed the release.
She added that the judge presiding over his retrial had stepped
down at the request of defense lawyers.
Abdel-Fattah's sentence was the harshest sentence given to
secular activists amid authorities' crackdown on Islamists. He was
granted a retrial last month on charges of organizing an
unauthorized protest last November.
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