Egypt: Sisi pardons journalist, more than 3,000 prisoners
Presidential pardons are often handed out before the end of Ramadan, though Sisi is thought to have jailed around 65,000 political prisoners since coming to power in a 2013 coup
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Presidential pardons are often handed out before the end of Ramadan, though Sisi is thought to have jailed around 65,000 political prisoners since coming to power in a 2013 coup
The outspoken government critic has led protests against alleged corruption in state-owned media
The releases under the el-Sisi government come in a country that consistently features in the list of those with the highest number of political prisoners. By Peoples Dispatch The Egyptian authorities on Sunday released 41 political prisoners from pre-trial detention, according to news rep
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