A criminal court in Cairo has ordered the release of satirist and vlogger Shady Abu Zeid after close to two years in pre-trial detention, reports Ahram Online. Abu Zeid was granted conditional release last year. He was arrested in May 2018 on charges of spreading false news and joining an illegal group.
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