An Egyptian court has granted bail to the detained Al Jazeera journalists Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy.
A retrial was ordered by the country's Court of Cassation last month, overturning a lower court's verdict that had found them guilty of helping the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.
"Bail is a small step in the right direction, and allows Baher and Mohamed to spend time with their families after 411 days apart," an Al Jazeera spokesman said on Thursday.
"The focus though is still on the court reaching the correct verdict at the next hearing by dismissing this absurd case and releasing both these fine journalists unconditionally."

Journalist group welcomes release of Al Jazeera staff
Judge Hassan Farid said the next hearing would be on February 23.
A third Al Jazeera journalist, Peter Greste, who was also to be retried, was deported on February 1 under a presidential decree after spending 400 days in prison. He has since returned to his home in Australia.
The three journalists, along with seven colleagues outside the country, were accused of spreading "false news" during their coverage of demonstrations protesting a military toppling of former president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
Greste, Fahmy and Mohamed were given sentences of between seven and 10 years.
In a bid to secure his own release, Fahmy renounced his Egyptian citizenship so that he could be deported to Canada, where he is also a citizen.
The journalists have repeatedly protested their innocence, saying that they were punished for doing their jobs.
Adel Fahmy, brother of Mohamed Fahmy, welcomed the court decision saying his brother "is being vindicated."
"He is being vindicated by this, and will be completely vindicated later on when this case all falls apart completely," he said.
Mohamed Fahmy's fiance, Marwa Omara, also thanked the court "for doing the right thing."
Source: Al Jazeera

Finally.

BBC News

A court in Egypt has ordered the release on bail of two Al Jazeera journalists being retried for allegedly aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were imprisoned in June along with their Australian colleague, Peter Greste.

But their convictions for spreading false news to help a terrorist group were overturned on appeal last month.

Mr Greste was freed last week under a law allowing the deportation of foreign nationals to their home countries.

Mr Fahmy has given up his Egyptian citizenship to qualify for deportation to Canada, but Mr Mohamed has no foreign passport.

The journalists strenuously deny collaborating with the banned Muslim Brotherhood after the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi by the military in 2013. They say they were jailed simply for reporting the news

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-31435436

So happy for them.

SalC:
So happy for them.

Likewise me, it is good Egypt has finally agreed to take the path of honour