Egypt has freed 21 female protesters who were jailed for taking part in a demonstration in support of ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, have been freed.
The move comes on appeal after Egypt awarded the women harsh prison terms drawing international outcry.
According to the Guardian, the 14 women and seven girls below 18 years have had their convictions upheld, but an appeals court judge reduced the 14 adults' jail terms to suspended one-year sentences, which allows them to walk free.
The seven girls were also released from detention and their sentences were reduced to three months' probation.
The women were arrested in October for participating at a pro-Morsi protest outside a school in Alexandria.
Although the demonstration ended peacefully, the group was accused of violence and of belonging to a terrorist organisation.
Critics of Egypt's new administration saw the sentences as politicized.
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a global campaign group, called the convictions 'blatantly political' and said they lacked credible evidence.
