Egypt’s first presidential elections since a popular uprising ousted veteran leader Hosni Mubarak a year ago, will be held at the end of May.

Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad is among almost 2 000 prisoners, convicted by a military tribunal over the past year, set to be released.

Fears of violence in Egypt have been unfounded, with no major violations or security incidents reported in its first free ballot in over 80 years.

Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has been accused of brutality sometimes worse than that of Hosni Mubarak after more deaths of protesters.