Ahmed Abdullah, director the Egyptian Commission for Human Rights (ECRF), walked free on Saturday, the non-governmental organisation reported. Abdullah received the release order on EGP 10,000 bail, along with another four defendants in the same case. Abdullah also happens to be a legal adviser for the family of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni. Mina Thabet, another ECRF researcher on religious freedoms, was also detained for nearly one month on similar charges. Amnesty International called for action in solidarity with Abdullah and Thabet, demanding that Egyptian authorities refrain from targeting them because of their human rights work.

Source: Daily News Egypt September 11, 2016 14:48 UTC