Amnesty International has expressed concern about the escalation of attacks on freedom of the press in Egypt, and arrests of journalists.
She said she is extremely concerned about the ongoing attacks on press freedoms in Egypt, where at least 5 journalists have been arrested since early September, while dozens are still behind bars simply for their journalistic work or expressing their views.
The organization expressed its satisfaction at the release of Basma Mustafa, the journalist on the "platform", stressing that "she should not have been arrested in the first place."
The State Security Prosecution decided to imprison the journalist Basma Mustafa for 15 days pending investigation, on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
As well as the journalist Islam Muhammad Izzat, known as "Islam Al-Kalhi", for 15 days in reserve.
The two journalists were arrested while covering protests in Giza and Luxor.
Al-Kalhi was charged with joining a terrorist group, publishing and broadcasting false news, and misusing social media.
Basma had disappeared while covering - on the island of Awamiya in Luxor Governorate - protests over the killing of citizen Awais Al-Rawi, whose family accuses the police of being behind his murder.
Al-Rawi's death sparked protests in which the participants chanted slogans against the Ministry of Interior, and security forces intervened to disperse the protesters.
Last Friday, Amnesty International called on the Egyptian authorities to release hundreds of demonstrators who were arrested during protests called by activists in the framework of the "September 20 Movement".
Two people were killed during those protests, and Amnesty International confirmed that 500 people are still in detention, while about 70 of the minors who were arrested during the same events have been released.
About 29 journalists are currently in Egyptian prisons, according to a census prepared by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (civil society).