The General Prosecution released on Wednesday the prominent lawyer and activist Khaled Ali with a bail of EGP 1,000, said one of Ali’s representatives, lawyer Malek Adly. Adly told Daily News Egypt that neither Ali nor the other lawyers defending him were allowed to read the memo of the lawsuit throughout the investigations, thus they did not know what the accusations. He also added that Ali was detained for more than the legal detention period, as the investigations started at 12 PM on Tuesday. A state-owned broadcaster reported on Wednesday that Ali was investigated on Tuesday in a lawsuit that prominent lawyer Samir Sabry filed against him. Ali ran in the 2012 presidential election and is a potential candidate for 2018, as he recently mentioned in a televised interview that he was still considering running.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 24, 2017 15:33 UTC