Egyptian blogger released, but only partially

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes well-known Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah’s release from prison after five years in detention, but deplores the fact that his release is only partial and that he will have to spend every night in a police station for the next five years. A popular figure during the 2011 revolution who had 700,000 followers on Twitter, Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison on 23 February 2015 after a year in preventive detention.

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