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Azza Soliman, a prominent Egyptian women's rights activist, was released on EGP 20,000 bail by a Cairo court hours after her arrest on Wednesday. Soliman, who is the co-founder and director of the Centre for Egyptian Women Legal Assistance (CEWLA), was arrested from her home in connection to a legal investigation into the illegal foreign funding of NGOs in Egypt. The activist is accused of receiving foreign funding illegally with the aim of harming Egypt's national security. She is also…