In Egypt, leading left-wing activist Alla Abdel Fattah has been freed on bail after more than a 100 days in custody. Fattah was released along with 24 other co-defendants pending trial at the beginning of April. <br /><br />They are all charged with a protest last November and assaulting a police officer in the violence which followed. The demonstration violated a recently enacted anti-protest law imposed by Egypt’s interim government following the ousting of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. <br /><br />A prominent youth leader, Abdel Fattah is best known for his role in the 2011 uprising to topple Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak. <br /><br />Reporting from outside the court at Tora Prison euronews’ Mohammed Shaikhibrahim said: “Defence lawyers condemned the length of time the defendants were detained before going to trial. They said this went against articles of Egyptian law and violated individual freedoms.’‘
