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Last Updated: Egypt Releases Journalist Mahmoud Hussein, Detained Since 2016 Held in pre-trial detention for more than 4 years, Egyptian journalist walked free from a police station, after prosecutors granted him a conditional release. Egyptian authorities on February 6 released jailed journalist Mahmoud Hussein, working for Qatar s Al Jazeera television network. Held in pre-trial detention for more than four years, Hussein walked free from a police station Saturday, after prosecutors granted him a conditional release pending investigations. Hussein’s daughter, el-Zahraa Hussein, and the Qatar-based television network confirmed the report, saying that Mahmoud Hussein, who was arrested by Police and sentenced to Egyptian jail without charges or trial in breach of the law, returned Saturday. In an online post on social media, the former informed about the journalist’s arrival home. 

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