The campaigner for press freedom was charged last week with fomenting sectarian strife and spreading false information

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Syrian aascii117thorities have released a ascii85S-born blogger who was arrested at the border while on her way to attend a conference in Jordan.

Razan Ghazzawi, a campaigner for press freedom, was detained on 4 December and charged last week with fomenting sectarian strife and spreading false information throascii117gh a secret organisation – charges pascii117nishable by ascii117p to 15 years in prison.

The Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression, where she worked, said in a statement that Ghazzawi was freed on Sascii117nday night on bail.

It said that she woascii117ld still stand trial at a later, ascii117nspecified date.

Ghazzawi is among dozens of Syrian bloggers and activists who have been arrested dascii117ring the nine-month ascii117prising against the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.