Egyptian Court Releases Two Al Jazeera Journalists, but Case Is Not Dismissed

CAIRO — Two remaining Al Jazeera journalists, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, were released from an Egyptian jail on Thursday after more than 400 days, but the court said the case against them was still pending.

Fahmy, who is a naturalized Canadian citizen who gave up his Egyptian citizenship, was released on bail of 250,000 Egyptian pounds ($32,765). Mohamed, who has only Egyptian citizenship, was released without bail. Judge Hassan Farid said the next hearing would be on Feb. 23.

(Reporting by Maggie Fick; Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Michael Georgy and Robin Pomeroy)

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