 Ms Mukoko was accused of plotting to overthrow the government |
Prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist Jestina Mukoko has been freed after three months in custody.
But Zimbabwean journalist Brian Hungwe told the BBC she remains in hospital, where she had been under police guard.
Ms Mukoko was accused of attempting to recruit people for military training to try to overthrow Robert Mugabe.
New Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had said he would not join a unity government unless Ms Mukoko and other activists were freed from jail.
Ms Mukoko's lawyer said she had been ordered to pay $600 in bail, surrender her passport and hand over the deeds to her house as surety, reports the AFP news agency.
"It's good she has been released, but she is still restricted," said Beatrice Mtetwa.
Ms Mukoko, director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was allegedly seized from her house outside Harare on 3 December by 15 armed men.
Her whereabouts were unknown for three weeks, during which members of lawyers groups staged protests against her abduction.
The authorities then confirmed that she had been detained by the security forces.
Following a previous court appearance, a judge ordered that she receive medical treatment after she said she had been tortured.
Mr Tsvangirai was criticised by some of his supporters for joining the power-sharing government before Ms Mukoko and about 30 other detainees had been freed.
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