Egypt released political activist Ahmed Maher today, a leading figure in the 2011 revolt that toppled the Hosni Mubarak government, after he completed his jail term. <br/><br/>Maher was founder and spokesman of the 6th April protest movement, one of the main groups that campaigned for more freedom under longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak.<br/> <br/>A security source told news agency AFP that Maher was released from jail last evening. But he must still spend every night at a police station, from six in the evening until six in the morning, for three years.<br/><br/>His release was welcomed by Nobel peace prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei, a former UN atomic agency chief.<br/><br/>Its co-founder Mohamed Adel and activist Ahmed Douma were handed three-year sentences along with Maher in December 2013 after they were accused of organising an unauthorised protest. Adel and Douma are still incarcerated.<br/><br/>