Ahmed Moustafa, 20, an engineering student, had been charged by a military court with "disseminating false information" and "tarnishing the image of the military.” He was detained in Kafr el-Sheikh, a city north of Cairo. "The military court retracted its position and released Ahmed without giving reasons," Moustafa's lawyer, Hamdi Al-Assiuty, told Reuters. But he said the authorities had kept the case on file which meant it could be pulled out in future. A conviction could have resulted in a one-year jail term. The Committee to Protect Journalists and other rights groups had called on Egypt to drop charges against Moustafa and have criticized the treatment of Egyptian bloggers, who are often rounded up for posting anti-government articles.
