{"id":24090,"date":"2016-03-23T01:32:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T01:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/egyptian-jailed-as-a-teen-freed-after-787-days\/"},"modified":"2016-03-23T01:32:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T01:32:24","slug":"egyptian-jailed-as-a-teen-freed-after-787-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/egyptian-jailed-as-a-teen-freed-after-787-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian jailed as a teen ‘freed’ after 787 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Mahmoud Hussein, 20, released on bail after being imprisoned for protesting while wearing a T-shirt condemning torture.}<\/p>\n

An Egyptian arrested at the age of 18 while on his way home from a peaceful protest was ordered to be released on bail after more than two years in prison.<\/p>\n

Mahmoud Mohamed Hussein’s release, ordered by an Edyptian court, was confirmed by his brother Tito on Twitter on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

“My brother has been released on bail,” Tito Tarek tweeted, adding the bail was set at 1,000 Egyptian pounds ($113).<\/p>\n

The US-based Robert F Kennedy Human Rights group, which had acted on behalf of Hussein, also confirmed the release order, describing the moment as a “huge victory”.<\/p>\n

“[But] he is not yet physically free,” Wade H McMullen Jr, managing attorney at the rights group, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n

“The prosecution did not show up to [Tuesday’s] hearing. So we will have to wait to see if the prosecution decides to appeal his release.”<\/p>\n

He added there were serious concerns about the state of Hussein’s health.<\/p>\n

“While being held at the Tora Investigations Prison, Mahmoud lost a significant amount of weight and his health has seriously deteriorated,” he said, before adding that doctors have recommended that Hussein, now 20, receives urgent medical care.<\/p>\n

‘A nation without torture’ T-shirt<\/p>\n

Hussein was arrested on January 25, 2014, with police accusing him of illegal protesting, getting paid to protest, possessing Molotov cocktails, and belonging to a “terrorist” organisation.<\/p>\n

He was walking home from a peaceful demonstration to commemorate the third anniversary of the January 25, 2011 revolution that ousted long-time president Hosni Mubarak.<\/p>\n

He was detained while wearing a protest scarf and a T-shirt that read: “A nation without torture” at the el-Marg checkpoint in Cairo.<\/p>\n

Since his detention, Hussein faced near-automatic detention renewals, more than 20 of which were decided in his absence from the courtroom.<\/p>\n

Amnesty International cautiously welcomed news of his release.<\/p>\n

“While the court\u2019s decision comes as a huge relief for Mahmoud Hussein and his family, it should not overshadow the outrageous injustice he has suffered,” said Magdalena Mughrabi from the Middle East and North Africa Programme.<\/p>\n

“He is a prisoner of conscience who should never have been jailed in the first place. The Egyptian authorities must now drop all charges against him.”<\/p>\n

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