Egypt Politics + Economics

Court grants Egyptian satirist Shady Abu Zeid conditional release

by enterpriseam adminEgypt Edition11 February 2019

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Satirist and video blogger Shady Abu Zeid has been granted conditional release by a Cairo criminal court after spending nine months in pre-trial detention, his lawyer announced on Sunday. Abu Zeid was arrested in May 2018 on charges of spreading false news and joining an illegal group.

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