Egypt: EOHR Welcomes the Initiative to Release Some Prisoners

press release

The Egyptian Organization welcomes the decision of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to the presidential pardon of 560 of the prisoners, including Abdel Halim Qandil.

President Abdelfattah al-Sisi has issued a decree No. 232 of 2019. It states that the names of those listed on this list shall be exempted from the original penalty or the affiliated penalty, unless any of them is sentenced in other cases. The list which was published in the official newspaper included 560 names, most notably the former editor-in-chief of "Voice of the Nation", Abdul Halim Qandil.

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