State prosecution has released Strong Egypt Party deputy head Mohamed El Qassas from pre-trial detention on Thursday, while investigations into the charges against him remain underway, Cairo24 reports. El Qassas was arrested in 2018 on charges of joining an illegal group and spreading false news. Strong Egypt was founded in 2012 by Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, the former Islamist leader turned ‘centrist’ presidential candidate.

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