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General Prosecutor orders release of five prominent detainees
Detainees include Diplomat Maasoum Marzouk, economic researcher Raed Salama, geologist Yahya El-Qazzaz
Daily News Egypt Published in Daily News Egypt on 22 - 05 - 2019

Egypt's General Prosecutor released five prominent detainees, including former diplomat Maasoum Marzouk, and others who were charged of joining a banned group, local media reported on Monday.
The decision was published in the media according to judicial sources who indicated that the detainees will be released within hours.
The detainees include economic researcher Raed Salama, academic and geologist Yahya El-Qazzaz, and political activist Nermine Hussein.
Security forces arrested the five opponents after they criticised the current leadership nine months ago and have remained in detention ever since.
The prosecutors charged the detainees of joining a banned group and supporting its goals, receiving funds for terrorist purposes, disturbing public peace, security, and publishing false news.
Reuters quoted another security source as saying that the prosecution may decide to keep the cases under investigation, or refer the accused to a Criminal Court.
An official security source said that the decision comes in response to pleas by right groups and the detainees' families calling for their release after coordination between security services and the prosecution, which has acquitted the defendants of the charges against them.
On Friday, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi issued a decree to pardon 560 prisoners of those convicted in cases between 2013 and 2017.
Prominent journalist Abdel Halim Qandil was among those pardoned based on their medical condition. Qandil was sentenced in October 2017 to three years in prison for insulting the judiciary and criticising court rulings. His sentence was upheld in October 2018.

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