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Fri, 2019-05-17 11:52
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi pardoned 560 prisoners, including a prominent journalist and several women.
The pardons, announced in the official gazette late Thursday, coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when authorities traditionally release detainees as a goodwill gesture.
The journalist, Abdel Halim Qandil, was sentenced to three years in absentia in December 2017 for “insulting the judiciary.” He surrendered in October 2018 as Egypt’s highest appeals court upheld his verdict. He was pardoned for health reasons.
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