Amnesty International and media watchdog Reporters without Borders both welcomed Syrian rights defender Mazen Darwish's release on Monday.
"We are relieved that Mazen Darwish is free again and we are now waiting for the court to find him innocent," said the secretary general of Reporters
Without Borders, Christophe Deloire.
Amnesty International hailed his "long overdue" release and said charges against him and his colleagues should be dropped.