An Egyptian court Thursday ordered the release of Mahmoud Mohammed Ahmed, a 20-year-old Egyptian who was arrested for wearing a T-shirt with a slogan against torture, his brother and lawyer told The Associated Press.

Thursday's court ruling, which cannot be appealed, upheld a release order issued by another tribunal earlier this week but which was appealed by the prosecution.

When arrested, Ahmed was wearing a T-shirt that bore the slogan "A nation without torture," something that helped turn his case into a cause celebre by Egyptian rights activists campaigning for an end to random detentions and torture by police.

It was not immediately clear when Ahmed would be released, but it routinely takes hours or even days for police to implement court release orders.

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