Woman detained for BBC interview on Egypt’s disappearances released

A criminal court has ordered the release of a woman who was detained last year over a BBC report in which she claimed authorities tortured and disappeared her daughter, Ahram Online reported. Mona Mahmoud, who was charged with publishing false news, was released on Tuesday under the condition she’d report to a police station twice per week. After the BBC interview was published, the woman’s daughter, Zubaida, denied she had been abducted or tortured.