Egypt frees Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed al-Najdi

Al Jazeera Media Network had previously called on Egyptian authorities to release Ahmed al-Najdi and three of his colleagues [File: Al Jazeera]

The Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed al-Najdi has been released by Egyptian authorities after spending over two years in detention, without going on trial.

Al-Najdi, who works with Al Jazeera Mubasher, the Arabic-language live television unit of the Qatar-based network, was released on Sunday. He had been detained since August 2020.