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Mahmoud Hussein (R), an Egyptian national and senior journalist for Qatar-based Al Jazeera Arabic, kisses a child upon his arrival at his family home in the Giza village of Zawyet Abu Musallam, about 30 kilometres south of Egypt's capital Cairo on February 6, 2021 upon his release from detention. Egypt has freed the journalist for Qatar's Al Jazeera after four years in jail without trial following the end last month of a rift between the two Arab states. Mahmoud Hussein, an Egyptian national who had been im

February 7th, 2021 - 07:27 GMT

After More Than 4 Years: Egypt Frees Al Jazeera Journalist Mahmoud Hussein

Egyptian authorities have released Mahmoud Hussein, an Egyptian journalist working for Qatar's Al Jazeera television network who had been held in pre-trial detention for more than four years. A Cairo court ordered Hussein's release with "precautionary measures" pending investigations on February 1, his brother Nageh Hussein and lawyer Taher Abou al Nasr told Reuters news agency on Saturday. BREAKING: Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein released from jail in Egypt https://t.co/XdGPRgb8C0 pic.twitter.com/UVx2uF1xdW ...