DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The satellite tv for pc information community Al Jazeera mentioned Monday {that a} correspondent for one among its channels held in Egypt since 2019 has been launched after almost 4 years in pre-trial detention.

The Qatar-funded community in Doha mentioned that Hisham Abdel Aziz had been launched.

It supplied no different particulars. Authorities in Egypt didn’t instantly acknowledge his launch both.

He was freed on Sunday, mentioned Khaled el-Balshy, head of Egypt’s Journalists’ Union. His spouse posted a picture Sunday of Abdel Aziz on-line, thanking God for him.

The community has mentioned that Abdel Aziz was stopped at Cairo International Airport in June 2019 whereas he was touring for a household journey. They say he was “subjected to enforced disappearance for around a month” earlier than being present in custody.

Al Jazeera lengthy had been focused by Cairo for the reason that nation’s 2013 army takeover that put in Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sissi into the presidency. Egypt joined Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in boycotting the nation in a political dispute that lasted from 2017 till 2021.

However, the discharge comes as Qatar has been normalizing its diplomatic relations with those that launched the boycott. El-Sissi additionally attended the opening final yr of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar on the invitation of its ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

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