Cairo – Egypt released human rights activist Mahienour El Massry and three journalists Mostafa Al Asar, Moataz Wadnan, and Esraa Abdelfattah on Sunday, July 18. Mahienour El Massry and Esraa Abdelfattah were in pretrial detention at Al Qanater women’s prison in the Menoufia governorate since they were arrested in 2019.

Mahienour El Massry is an Alexandrian human rights lawyer and she was held in prison since September 22, 2019, while Esraa Abdelfattah, a human rights activist and a journalist, was detained on 12 October 2019. The activist and journalists have been accused of participating and aiding terrorist groups by spreading false information through their online platforms.