( CNN ) Two Al Jazeera journalists walked out of an Egyptian prison Friday after more than 400 days behind bars . A Cairo court granted bail to Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed pending a retrial on charges that they supported the banned Muslim Brotherhood . Their colleague Peter Greste , who was convicted with them , was freed about two weeks ago and deported to his native Australia . Fahmy , a dual citizen of Egypt and Canada , posted about U.S. $ 33,000 in bail . Mohamed , an Egyptian citizen , was not required to pay but is barred from leaving the country before the retrial on February 23 . `` Baher is home and with his family , '' said his wife , Jihan Rashed . Their employer applauded the decision to grant them bail Thursday , but said it was not enough . `` Bail is a small step in the right direction , and allows Baher and Mohamed to spend time with their families after 411 days apart , '' Al Jazeera said . `` The focus , though , is still on the court reaching the correct verdict at the next hearing by dismissing this absurd case and releasing both these fine journalists unconditionally . '' The three were arrested in Egypt in December 2013 , accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and broadcasting footage that portrayed the regime falsely with the intention of bringing it down . They have consistently denied the charges or any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood , saying they were only doing their jobs . Last year , all three were convicted on charges that included conspiring with the Brotherhood , spreading false news and endangering national security . Greste and Fahmy were sentenced to seven years in prison and Mohamed to 10 years . The three appealed their convictions . In January , Egypt 's highest court granted them a retrial . Rights groups have held that they were pawns in a geopolitical dispute between Egypt and Qatar , the small Middle Eastern country that sponsors Al Jazeera . Many have seen Qatar as a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood . At the time of their arrest , Egypt was mired in political turmoil after the ouster of President Mohamed Morsy and his Muslim Brotherhood-backed government . After his ouster , the military , which had staged the coup , declared the longstanding political group a terrorist organization . In a letter last year , Greste said authorities burst into a hotel room they were using while others rushed Mohamed 's home . Egypt is the sixth-leading jailer of journalists in the world , according to a tally conducted in December by the nonpartisan Committee to Protect Journalists . Greste was released as part of a new Egyptian law allowing the President to deport defendants . Defense lawyers also asked Egypt to deport Fahmy , a former CNN producer . Fahmy said that an Egyptian official told him he would have to renounce his Egyptian citizenship first , which he had initially rejected . `` Then I got a call from a leading official in the country , and they told me : 'Mohamed , nationality is not a piece of paper , but it is in the heart , '' he said . `` And you can visit Egypt as a tourist and apply for the citizenship again . ' `` Fahmy said he surrendered his citizenship reluctantly .
Their retrial resumes January 23 . Mohamed Ali says he reluctantly surrendered his Egyptian citizenship to secure his release .