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Egyptian authorities on Sunday released a renowned human rights lawyer arrested after protests against President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s decision to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia. Malek Adly had been held in pre-trial detention since being arrested by plainclothes police on May 5. His defence team confirmed his release. “The case has not been referred to trial yet,” Tarek Khater, one of Adly’s lawyers, said. Adly had supported protests in April against the decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, which provoked outrage in Egypt and accusations that Sisi “sold” them in return for Saudi investments. The police dispersed the April 25 protest before raiding the Journalists’ Syndicate to arrest two reporters who are part of the same case as Adly. The three were accused of “attempting to topple the ruling system” and “spreading false news”, a prosecution official had said.