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Malak al-Kashef, 19, was arrested on accusations of joining a"terrorist" group and using social media with the aim of disrupting public order.

“The state security prosecution ordered the release of Malak al-Kashef,” lawyer Amr Mohamed said in a Facebook post.Mohamed told AFP she was to be freed pending an investigation and that defence lawyers would discuss her release with the prosecution on Tuesday.Kashef has been held in solitary confinement, according to Mohamed.

In online posts, she also chronicled cases of harassment by family members and in public after having transitioned from male to female.

 

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