WASHINGTON ― A 27-year-old American man detained in Egypt for nearly five years has been freed, according to his lawyer. “Today, after spending 1,733 days in jail for allegedly committing crimes at a protest he never attended, American Ahmed Etiwy and his cousin were released from an Egyptian prison,” Praveen Madhiraju of the nonprofit Pretrial Rights International wrote in a Wednesday afternoon statement. President Donald Trump has made helping U.S. citizens imprisoned abroad a flashy part of his “America First” foreign policy. But advocates for Etiwy and at least 10 other Americans held by Sissi have been disappointed by the Trump administration’s approach. Egypt is a top U.S. ally in the Middle East that receives over $1 billion in annual American military equipment and economic assistance.

Source: Huffington Post May 16, 2018 20:43 UTC