Metwalli was arrested in January while the Qatar-based Arabic television channel was collecting material for the feature, including recordings of real torture incidents and reconstructed torture scenes using actors.
She was charged with damaging the country's supreme interests and possessing fabricated video material that would damage Egypt's reputation, with intent to broadcast it.
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