Egypt's prosecution releases Masr Al-Arabiya editor Adel Sabry pending investigations

Ahram Online , Monday 27 Jul 2020

Sabry has been detained since April 2018 on charges of operating a news website without a licence, joining the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, and publishing fake news

Adel Sabry
Adel Sabry, the editor-in-chief of independent news website Masr Al-Arabiya

Egypt's supreme state security prosecution ordered on Monday the release of Adel Sabry, the editor-in-chief of the independent news website Masr Al-Arabiya, pending investigations after his two-year precautionary detention ended, head of the Egyptian Press Syndicate Diaa Rashwan announced.

Sabry has been detained since April 2018 on charges of operating a news website without a licence, joining the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, and publishing fake news.

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