Egypt releases detained journo amid outcry
Egypt's prosecutor-general has ordered the release of a journalist days after she was arrested in the country's south, amid outcry from international press freedom advocates.
"The prosecutor-general has ordered the release of the defendant Basma Mostafa after she was questioned on the charges laid against her," the prosecution said in a statement overnight Monday into yesterday, adding that the investigation would continue.
Prosecutors had accused her of "using her personal social media account to publish and promote false news", the statement said.
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