'It is ludicrous that some of these people were ever behind bars in the first place' - Said Boumedouha
Today's presidential decree in Egypt granting pardons to 100 people - including Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed and several unlawfully imprisoned activists - is welcome news, but represents a token gesture while hundreds of others remain detained.
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