Teacher Reem Desouky had been serving a pre-trial detention that is renewed periodically since she was arrested at Cairo's airport during a visit to her family in July 2019. She was accused of running a Facebook page criticizing the government.
She had a chance to walk free on Wednesday when a court ordered her release. However, an appeal from prosecutors against her release and that of several other well-known activists was accepted one day later.
Nour Fahmy, one of the lawyers who represent Desouky in the case, told ABC News that her detention was extended for at least 45 more days. "We had hopes that she would be released … she has been detained for a long time now," he said. FILE PHOTO: Eyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi gives a press conference in Addis Ababa on March 24, 2015.
FILE PHOTO: Eyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi gives a press conference in Addis Ababa on March 24, 2015.Other activists who will remain in custody include Alaa Abdel-Fattah, one of the figures who spearheaded the 2011 revolution that unseated autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak.Moustafa Hamed, Desouky's 13-year-old son, was briefly detained with his mother at the airport six months ago before being released 11 hours later.
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