Egypt releases satirical blogger Shadi Abu Zeid

An Egyptian blogger and satirist has been released after more than two years in detention.

Shadi Abu Zeid, 27, was arrested in May 2018 on charges of spreading false news and belonging to a terrorist group.

His work focused on prejudices in religion, sexuality and within the Egyptian family.

In recent years hundreds of activists and bloggers have been convicted spreading false news and helping the now banned Muslim Brotherhood group.

Human rights groups have accused President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi of overseeing an unprecedented crackdown on dissent after leading the military's overthrow of Egypt's first democratically elected leader in 2013.