Cairo (CNN)Two Al Jazeera journalists who'd been imprisoned in Egypt for more than a year were granted bail Thursday, with a court telling them they can await retrial away from jail in a case that has outraged journalists and activists around the globe. An Egyptian court Thursday ordered journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed freed ahead of their retrial on charges that they supported the banned Muslim Brotherhood. However, the men were still in custody Thursday night, and with government offices closed on Fridays for weekly prayers, their release might not come until Saturday. News of their pending release comes less than two weeks after Al Jazeera correspondent Peter Greste, a colleague who was convicted with them, was released and deported to his native Australia.
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Despite bail order, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were still in custody
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The journalists face retrial on charges accusing them of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood
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Al Jazeera applauds the two journalists' bail but calls for their full exoneration
@placeholder, Fahmy and Mohamed didn't work for that affiliate, but accusations against the channel were featured in their trial.